methanol

Questions about methanol

What does methanol mean?

methanol means "a light volatile flammable poisonous liquid alcohol; used as an antifreeze and solvent and fuel and as a denaturant for ethyl alcohol".

How many syllables are in methanol?

methanol has 3 syllables: met-ha-nol. The stress falls on "met". In IPA it is /ˈmɛθəˌnɑl/.

What is another word for methanol?

Close synonyms include methyl alcohol, wood alcohol, wood spirit. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is methanol a common word?

methanol is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with methanol?

1 word rhymes with methanol. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.