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cellosolves

cellosolves is the plural of cellosolve.

Meaning of cellosolve

Noun

cellosolve (plural cellosolves)

  1. A glycol ether
    • Cellosolves are used as solvents for lacquers, for sealing cellophane wrapping, and in hydraulic-brake fluid.1960, Francis E. Condon, Herbert Meislich, Introduction to Organic Chemistry, page 274
  2. Specifically ethylene glycol monoethyl ether
    • Start with a 50 per cent mixture of cellosolve and water; then go directly to pure cellosolve.1950, Robert Matheson, Medical Entomology, →ISBN, page 598

Noun capitalized: Cellosolves

Cellosolves

  1. (plural) plural of Cellosolve; alternative letter-case form of cellosolves

Questions about cellosolves

What is cellosolves the plural of?
Cellosolves is the plural of cellosolve.
What part of speech is cellosolves?
Cellosolves is a noun.

Words near cellosolves in the dictionary

  1. cellophanes
  2. cellophaning
  3. cellos
  4. cellose
  5. cellosolve
  6. cellosolves
  7. cellostrophanthoside
  8. cellosyl
  9. cellotaph
  10. cellotaphs
  11. cellotetraose

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