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butanone

butanone noun: a simple aliphatic ketone, CH₃CH₂COCH₃, prepared industrially as a solvent, for use in the manufacture of paints, parts cleaning, and other tasks.

Noun

butanone (countable and uncountable, plural butanones)

  1. A simple aliphatic ketone, CH₃CH₂COCH₃, prepared industrially as a solvent, for use in the manufacture of paints, parts cleaning, and other tasks.

Synonyms of butanone

All synonyms of butanone

Forms of butanone

pluralbutanones

Questions about butanone

What does butanone mean?
Butanone means a simple aliphatic ketone, CH₃CH₂COCH₃, prepared industrially as a solvent, for use in the manufacture of paints, parts cleaning, and other tasks.
What part of speech is butanone?
Butanone is a noun.
What is the plural of butanone?
The plural of butanone is butanones.

Words near butanone in the dictionary

  1. butanolid
  2. butanolide
  3. butanolides
  4. butanolids
  5. butanols
  6. butanone
  7. butanones
  8. butanoyl
  9. butanoylation
  10. butanoyls
  11. butanserin

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