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BHT

BHT is the initialism of butylated hydroxytoluene.

BHT is the initialism of black hairy tongue.

BHT is the abbreviation of bacteriohopanetetrol.

Meaning of butylated hydroxytoluene

Noun

butylated hydroxytoluene (uncountable, abbreviation BHT)

  1. A substituted phenol used as a fat-soluble antioxidant in some food.
    • The Food and Drug Administration earlier this year seized a common food preservative, butylated hydroxytoluene, known simply as BHT, from Life Extension Products in Dania and Hollywood, Fla., after the product had been advertised as a treatment for herpes and AIDS, an agency spokesman said. The...1987 August 30, Katherine Bishop, “Authorities Act Against AIDS 'Cures'”, in The New York Times
    Synonyms:
    E321 when used as an antioxidant

Meaning of bacteriohopanetetrol

Noun

bacteriohopanetetrol (plural bacteriohopanetetrols, abbreviation BHT)

  1. A bacteriohopanepolyol that has four hydroxyl groups

Questions about BHT

What is BHT the initialism of?
BHT is the initialism of butylated hydroxytoluene.

Words near BHT in the dictionary

  1. Bhroch
  2. BHRT
  3. BHS
  4. BHSA
  5. BHSc
  6. BHT
  7. Bhubaneshwar
  8. Bhubaneswar
  9. Bhuddism
  10. Bhudevi
  11. Bhuinhar

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Adapted from Wiktionary: BHT (page history and authors); butylated hydroxytoluene (page history and authors); bacteriohopanetetrol (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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