From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishmethyl alcoholmeth‧yl al‧co‧hol /ˌmeθəl ˈælkəhɒl, ˌmiːθaɪl- $ -hɒːl/ noun [uncountable] technical Ta poisonous alcohol that can be made from wood SYN methanolOrigin methyl alcohol (1800-1900) methylene “group of atoms from methane” ((19-21 centuries)), from French méthylène, from Greek methy “wine” + hyle “wood”
