wood spirit

Noun
  1. A light volatile flammable poisonous liquid alcohol;
    Used as an antifreeze and solvent and fuel and as a denaturant for ethyl alcohol (synset 114711979)
    is a type of:
    • alcohol - any of a series of volatile hydroxyl compounds that are made from hydrocarbons by distillation
    • fuel - a substance that can be consumed to produce energy
    substance holonym: allyl alcohol, propenyl alcohol - an unsaturated primary alcohol present in wood spirit; use to make resins and plasticizers and pharmaceuticals
    same as: methanol, methyl alcohol, wood alcohol

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