Synonyms for methane
ˈmɛθ eɪn; Brit. ˈmi θeɪnmeth·ane

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1. methanenoun

   Synonyms:
   carbon tetrahydride, methyl hydride

2. methanenoun

   The simplest aliphatic hydrocarbon, CH, being a constituent of natural gas.

   Cattle emit a large amount of methane.

   Synonyms:
   methyl hydride, carbon tetrahydride

3. methanenoun

   Any of very many derivatives of methane.

   Synonyms:
   carbon tetrahydride, methyl hydride

Princeton's WordNet

1. methanenoun

   a colorless odorless gas used as a fuel

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1. • Alkane
   • Gas

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1. List of paraphrases for "methane":

   ch4, cmm

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1. David Schnare:

   They’ve already started to pursue methane pollution, which the industry has been trying to control for a very long time, because that’s their product, the cost of running the drilling equipment, the pipelines and the plants themselves are being tightened.

2. Christopher Webster:

   Because of the way it [the methane] behaves, we believe it's a smaller, closer source [rather] than it is a bigger, further away source.

3. Wendy Stovall:

   Those occur when lava flows encounter vegetated areas and vegetation burns and releases methane gas, methane pockets can get trapped underground and explode violently, throwing rocks and debris in many directions.

4. Ann Cook:

   Just last week, arelatively high methane measurement on Marssuggests we may have the same kind of system happening on Mars, which is pretty exciting.

5. Phyo Min Thein:

   We have been throwing trash for ages that way. Old trash produces methane and it causes fires.