ACETONE
Dictionary entry overview: What does acetone mean? • ACETONE (noun)
The noun ACETONE has 1 sense:
1. the simplest ketone; a highly inflammable liquid widely used as an organic solvent and as material for making plastics
Familiarity information: ACETONE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ACETONE (noun)
Meaning:
The simplest ketone; a highly inflammable liquid widely used as an organic solvent and as material for making plastics
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
acetone; dimethyl ketone; propanone
Hypernyms ("acetone" is a kind of...):
ketone (any of a class of organic compounds having a carbonyl group linked to a carbon atom in each of two hydrocarbon radicals)
dissolvent; dissolver; dissolving agent; resolvent; solvent (a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances)
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