Associations to the word «Formaldehyde»

Wiktionary

FORMALDEHYDE, noun. (organic compound) The simplest aldehyde, H-CHO, a colourless gas that has many industrial applications; it dissolves in water to give formalin.

Dictionary definition

FORMALDEHYDE, noun. A colorless poisonous gas; made by the oxidation of methanol.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats