wood alcohol
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7.1
- noun
- /wʊd ˈæl.kə.hɔl/
- Archaic
:
alcohol metílico
- I boiled off the wood alcohol and everything.
- wood alcohol or methanol
Examples
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Methanol is commonly known as wood alcohol and can be extremely toxic if ingested.
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Many industrial products are derived from wood alcohol, including antifreeze and solvents.
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Methanol is also referred to as wood alcohol.
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So the theory was that wood spirits was that that is wood alcohol was a combination of methylene plus water.
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Simple things, like keeping the wood alcohol in the garage and not in the kitchen cupboard, minimize the risk of accidental poisoning.
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Over 10,000 people died during Prohibition from drinking wood alcohol.
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CAUTION: Always store wood alcohol out of reach of children to prevent accidental poisoning.
Synonyms
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6.5
A light poisonous alcohol used as fuel, solvent, and antifreeze
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6.7
A poisonous clear liquid that burns easily and is used to stop freezing, to dissolve things, and as fuel
A poisonous alcohol people make by heating wood, used as fuel or solvent
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is compositionally transparent in that a learner who knows 'wood' and 'alcohol' will infer an alcohol derived from or related to wood. However, the specific chemical identity (methanol) and its toxic/industrial implications are specialized knowledge not predictable from the parts, so the expression is only partly transparent to B1 learners.
Etymology
Wood alcohol comes from the old way people made it: they heated and treated wood to produce a simple alcohol, so the name was literal. Today wood alcohol means the poisonous, flammable liquid 'methanol' often used as fuel or solvent.