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MEK

MEK is the initialism of methyl ethyl ketone.

MEK is the initialism of mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase.

MEK is the initialism of Mojahedin-e-Khalq.

Meaning of methyl ethyl ketone

Noun

methyl ethyl ketone (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of butanone (CH₃CH₂COCH₃).
    Synonyms:
    butanone

Proper noun capitalized: Mek

Mek

  1. a family of Papuan languages

Noun capitalized: Mek

Mek pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) a Papuan people living in Indonesia

Synonyms of MEK

Words formed from MEK

Questions about MEK

What does MEK mean?
MEK means a family of Papuan languages.
What is MEK the initialism of?
MEK is the initialism of methyl ethyl ketone.
What part of speech is MEK?
MEK can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near MEK in the dictionary

  1. mejoranas
  2. mejoranera
  3. mejoraneras
  4. meju
  5. Mejía
  6. MEK
  7. Meka
  8. mekabu
  9. Mekas
  10. Mekbuda
  11. meke

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: MEK (page history and authors); Mek (page history and authors); methyl ethyl ketone (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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