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methylated spirit

methylated spirit noun: 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.

Noun

methylated spirit (countable and uncountable, plural methylated spirits)

  1. (Commonwealth) 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)

methylated spirit meaning in Tamil, Kannada and Indonesian

methylated spirit in Tamil

குடிநீர்மையற்ற எரிநீர், மெதனோல்சேர்மதுசாரம், மீதைல்சேர் மதுசாரம், மீத்தைலேற்ற சாராயம், மீத்தைல் சேர்க்கப்பட்ட ஆல்கஹால், மெதனோல்சேர் மதுசாரம்

methylated spirit in Kannada

ಮೆತಿಲ್‌ ಮದ್ಯಸಾರ

methylated spirit in Indonesian

ethyl alcohol used as a fuel and a solvent
spiritus

Synonyms of methylated spirit

Forms of methylated spirit

pluralmethylated spirits

Words formed from methylated spirit

Questions about methylated spirit

What does methylated spirit mean?
Methylated spirit means 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.
What is methylated spirit in Tamil?
Methylated spirit in Tamil is குடிநீர்மையற்ற எரிநீர், மெதனோல்சேர்மதுசாரம், மீதைல்சேர் மதுசாரம். See Methylated spirit meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is methylated spirit?
Methylated spirit is a noun.
What is the plural of methylated spirit?
The plural of methylated spirit is methylated spirits.

Words near methylated spirit in the dictionary

  1. methylases
  2. methylatability
  3. methylatable
  4. methylate
  5. methylated
  6. methylated spirit
  7. methylated spirits
  8. methylates
  9. methylating
  10. methylation
  11. methylational

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Adapted from Wiktionary: methylated spirit (page history and authors); methylated spirit (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); methylated spirit (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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