denatured

English

Etymology

From denature +‎ -ed.

Adjective

denatured (not comparable)

1. Having been deprived of its nature, having had its nature changed.
2. Of alcohol: made undrinkable by adding a toxin or unpalatable substance, but still useful as a fuel or solvent. Traditionally achieved by the addition of methanol (wood alcohol) to ethanol (grain alcohol).

Synonyms

• (alcohol): denat. (abbreviation)

Derived terms

• denatured alcohol
• nondenatured
• predenatured
• semidenatured
• undenatured

 

Translations

having been deprived of its nature

made undrinkable

• Finnish: denaturoitu (fi)

See also

• denatured alcohol on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

denatured

1. simple past and past participle of denature