Definitions for methylate

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methylate meth·yl·ate

Spelling: [meth-uh-leyt]

IPA: /ˈmɛθ əˌleɪt/

Methylate is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 261 anagrams from letters in methylate (aeehlmtty).

Definitions for methylate

noun

1. Also called methoxide. any derivative of methyl alcohol, as sodium methylate, CH 3 ONa.
2. any compound containing the methyl group.

verb (used with object)

1. (in a compound) to replace (one or more hydrogen atoms) with the methyl group.
2. to mix with methyl alcohol, as in the denaturation of ethyl alcohol.

Origin of methylate

First recorded in 1825-35; methyl- + -ate¹

Examples for methylate

The latter is then made to methylate a product, aniline, derived indirectly from coal-tar.

They form unstable addition products with sodium ethylate or methylate.

Last night, however, I managed to secure and methylate a good-sized scorpion.