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. Lee Hsien Loong:

   What they wanted was greener molecules, so instead of building a massively expensive cable, simply put in the solar farm … create the hydrogen, put in the nitrogen, if you want ammonia, (or) carbon dioxide, if you want synthetic green methane, or just straight hydrogen, and ship that to Singapore, because that’s what they’re telling me they want.

2. 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.

3. GasLog:

   GasLog Ltd has entered into an agreement with Methane Services Ltd to acquire two modern tri-fuel diesel electric LNG carriers for a cost of $460 million.

4. John Stansberry:

   That this material coats only the upper slopes of the peaks suggests methane ice may act like water in Earth's atmosphere, condensing as frost at high altitude.

5. Dominion CEO Thomas Farrell:

   We offer an industry-leading clean-energy profile which includes a comprehensive net zero target by 2050 for both carbon and methane emissions as well as one of the nation's largest zero-carbon electric generation and storage investment programs.