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    WOOD SPIRIT

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A light volatile flammable poisonous liquid alcohol; used as an antifreeze and solvent and fuel and as a denaturant for ethyl alcoholplay

    Synonyms:

    methanol; methyl alcohol; wood alcohol; wood spirit

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting substances

    Hypernyms ("wood spirit" is a kind 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)

    Meronyms (substance of "wood spirit"):

    allyl alcohol; propenyl alcohol (an unsaturated primary alcohol present in wood spirit; use to make resins and plasticizers and pharmaceuticals)

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