SYN: methyl alcohol.
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meth·a·nol 'meth-ə-.nȯl, -.nōl n a light volatile pungent flammable poisonous liquid alcohol CH3OH formed in the destructive distillation of wood or made synthetically and used esp. as a solvent, antifreeze, or denaturant for ethyl alcohol and in the synthesis of other chemicals called also carbinol, methyl alcohol, wood alcohol
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meth·a·nol (methґə-nol) methyl alcohol.Medical dictionary. 2011.