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PETROCHEMICAL

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Dictionary entry overview: What does petrochemical mean?

• PETROCHEMICAL (noun)
The noun PETROCHEMICAL has 1 sense:

1. any compound obtained from petroleum or natural gas

Familiarity information: PETROCHEMICAL used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• PETROCHEMICAL (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Any compound obtained from petroleum or natural gas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("petrochemical" is a kind of...):

organic compound (any compound of carbon and another element or a radical)

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