methylated spirit

English

Alternative forms

• methylated spirits

Noun

methylated spirit (plural methylated spirits)

1. Denatured ethyl alcohol used as a fuel and a solvent, and usually free of taxes on alcohol. Denaturing is achieved by the addition of methyl alcohol, frequently additional materials are added to give smell and colour to the substance.

See also

• industrial methylated spirit

Translations

ethyl alcohol used as a fuel and a solvent

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: spiritus (nl) m, brandspiritus m
• German: Spiritus (de) m, Brennspiritus (de) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: rødsprit m

  Nynorsk: raudsprit m

• Polish: denaturat (pl) m
• Russian: денатурат (ru) m (denaturat)
• Serbo-Croatian: denaturirani alkohol m