methylated spirit
methylated spirit · methylated spirits
денатурат
Spiritus, Brennspiritus
A combination of ethyl alcohol and methyl alcohol used as a fuel and a solvent, and…A combination of ethyl alcohol and methyl alcohol used as a fuel and a solvent, and usually free of taxes on alcohol; it is poisonous if drunk.
Meaning
1 senses(Commonwealth, countable, uncountable)A combination of ethyl alcohol and methyl alcohol used as a fuel and a solvent, and usually free of taxes on alcohol; it is poisonous if drunk.
Near-synonym: denatured alcohol (usually coinstantial)
Spiritus, Brennspiritus
денатуратdenaturat
ethyl alcohol denatured with methyl alcohol to prevent its use as an alcoholic beverage
Translations
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By meaning 1
ethyl alcohol used as a fuel and a solvent:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
ethyl alcohol used as a fuel and a solvent:
Forms
plural: methylated spirits| Singular | methylated spirit |
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Synonyms
1 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable