denatured alcohol
alcohol, especially ethyl alcohol, that has been denatured: used chiefly as a solvent and in chemical synthesis.
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How to use denatured alcohol in a sentence
The same goes for denatured alcohol, which contains methanol.
denatured alcohol is so cheap in Germany that it is used in large and especially adapted stoves for cooking purposes.
Foods and Household Management | Helen KinneThere are denatured alcohol stoves on the market here, but they are little used.
Foods and Household Management | Helen KinneFill the alcohol lamp with denatured alcohol (bought at any drug store).
The Library of Work and Play: Working in Metals | Charles Conrad SleffelThe container for the denatured alcohol is made from a well soldered tin box of suitable size.
Boys' Book of Model Boats | Raymond Francis Yates
The denatured alcohol is inserted through the filler-tube E, which is kept closed with a cork.
Boys' Book of Model Boats | Raymond Francis Yates
British Dictionary definitions for denatured alcohol
chem ethanol rendered unfit for human consumption by the addition of a noxious substance, as in methylated spirits
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Scientific definitions for denatured alcohol
[ dē-nā′chərd ]
Ethyl alcohol to which a poisonous substance, such as acetone or methanol, has been added to make it unfit for consumption.
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