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butanoate

butanoate noun: any salt or ester of butanoic acid.

Noun

butanoate (plural butanoates)

  1. Any salt or ester of butanoic acid
    Synonyms:
    butyrate

Synonyms of butanoate

Forms of butanoate

pluralbutanoates

Origin of butanoate

From butanoic + -ate.

Words formed from butanoate

Questions about butanoate

What does butanoate mean?
Butanoate means any salt or ester of butanoic acid.
What part of speech is butanoate?
Butanoate is a noun.
What is the plural of butanoate?
The plural of butanoate is butanoates.

Words near butanoate in the dictionary

  1. butanediones
  2. butanes
  3. butanethiol
  4. butanethiols
  5. butanilicaine
  6. butanoate
  7. butanoates
  8. butanoic
  9. butanoic acid
  10. butanol
  11. butanolate

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