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GBL

GBL is the initialism of gamma-butyrolactone.

GBL is the initialism of graded buffer layer.

Meaning of gamma-butyrolactone

Noun

gamma-butyrolactone (uncountable)

  1. The lactone of 4-hydroxybutyric acid; A colourless liquid used as a solvent or reagent in various industrial uses, as well as a recreational drug.
    Synonyms:
    G, GBL

Forms of GBL

pluralGBLs

Questions about GBL

What is GBL the initialism of?
GBL is the initialism of gamma-butyrolactone.

Words near GBL in the dictionary

  1. GBI
  2. GBIC
  3. GBIF
  4. Gbin
  5. Gbit
  6. GBL
  7. GBM
  8. GBN
  9. GBNI
  10. gbo
  11. Gbong Gwom

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Adapted from Wiktionary: GBL (page history and authors); gamma-butyrolactone (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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