Defenition of the word methane

• Defenition of the word methane

  • A colourless, odourless, and tasteless gas, lighter than air and reacting violently with chlorine and bromine in sunlight, a chief component of natural gas; used as a source of methanol, acetylene, and carbon monoxide.
  • a colorless odorless gas used as a fuel

Hyponyms for the word methane

• • marsh gas

Hypernyms for the word methane

• • alkane
  • alkane series
  • gas
  • methane series
  • paraffin
  • paraffin series

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