pyroligneous acid

1. 1.

   a red-brown liquid formed in distillation of wood which contains acetic acid, methanol, acetone, wood oils, and tars

   Synonymswood vinegar

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Questions about pyroligneous acid

What does pyroligneous acid mean?

pyroligneous acid means "a red-brown liquid formed in distillation of wood which contains acetic acid, methanol, acetone, wood oils, and tars".

What is another word for pyroligneous acid?

Close synonyms include wood vinegar. 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 pyroligneous acid a common word?

pyroligneous acid is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.