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methol

methol noun: methyl alcohol; wood spirit.

Noun

methol (plural methols)

  1. methyl alcohol; wood spirit
  2. (broadly) Any of the series of alcohols of the methane series of which methol proper is the type.

Forms of methol

pluralmethols

Origin of methol

From metho- + -ol.

Questions about methol

What does methol mean?
Methol means methyl alcohol; wood spirit.
What part of speech is methol?
Methol is a noun.
What is the plural of methol?
The plural of methol is methols.

Words near methol in the dictionary

  1. Methods-Time Measurement
  2. Methody
  3. methoestrol
  4. methohexital
  5. methohexitone
  6. methol
  7. Methold
  8. metholox
  9. methols
  10. methomania
  11. methomidate

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