methyl ether

noun

1

: a flammable easily condensable gas (CH₃)₂O that has an agreeable odor and is usually obtained by heating methanol with sulfuric acid

called also dimethyl ether

2

: an ether in which one of the radicals united to oxygen is methyl

the methyl ether of benzyl alcohol

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