methoxide

[meth-ok-sahyd, -sid]

noun Chemistry.

methylate(def 1).

Origin of methoxide

meth- + oxide

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British Dictionary definitions for methoxide

methoxide

noun

a saltlike compound in which the hydrogen atom in the hydroxyl group of methanol has been replaced by a metal atom, usually an alkali metal atom as in sodium methoxide, NaOCH 3Also called: methylate

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