# wood-alcohol

**Pronunciation:** WOOD-ALCOHOL

**CEFR level:** B2

**Part of speech:** noun

## Meaning

Wood-alcohol means the compound methyl alcohol or methanol.

## Examples

- The article uses wood-alcohol to mean (organic chemistry) The compound methyl alcohol or methanol.
- The teacher asked students to find wood-alcohol in the reading.
- Check the words around wood-alcohol to choose the right meaning.

## Common patterns

- a/the wood-alcohol — Use an article when the noun is countable in context. — The article mentioned a wood-alcohol.
- wood-alcohol in context — Use surrounding words to choose the correct sense. — We checked wood-alcohol in context before translating it.

## Collocations

- wood-alcohol example — The teacher gave a wood-alcohol example.
- wood-alcohol meaning — We checked the wood-alcohol meaning before moving on.

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