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METHYLATED SPIRIT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does methylated spirit mean?
• METHYLATED SPIRIT (noun)
The noun METHYLATED SPIRIT has 1 sense:
1. ethyl alcohol denatured with methyl alcohol to prevent its use as an alcoholic beverage
Familiarity information: METHYLATED SPIRIT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Ethyl alcohol denatured with methyl alcohol to prevent its use as an alcoholic beverage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("methylated spirit" is a kind of...):
denatured alcohol (ethyl alcohol that is unfit for drinking but is still useful for other purposes)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "methylated spirit"):
surgical spirit (methylated spirit used in the practice of medicine (especially for cleansing the skin before injections or before surgery))
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