FORMALDEHYDE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a colorless poisonous gas
   • made by the oxidation of methanol
   Synonym(s)
   • methanal (what does methanal mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) formaldehyde is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • aldehyde (what does aldehyde mean?)
   • gas (what does gas mean?)