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nonylphenol

nonylphenol noun: any of a family of closely related organic compounds, a subset of the alkylphenols, that are precursors to commercially important detergents.

Noun

nonylphenol (plural nonylphenols)

  1. Any of a family of closely related organic compounds, a subset of the alkylphenols, that are precursors to commercially important detergents.
    • Make sure you don’t use detergents with phosphates or nonylphenol ethoxylate surfactants, but that information is rarely available on the labels.2009 February 26, Julie Scelfo, “When It Comes to Detergents, What’s the Least Irresponsible Choice?”, in New York Times

Forms of nonylphenol

pluralnonylphenols

Origin of nonylphenol

From nonyl + phenol.

Questions about nonylphenol

What does nonylphenol mean?
Nonylphenol means any of a family of closely related organic compounds, a subset of the alkylphenols, that are precursors to commercially important detergents.
What part of speech is nonylphenol?
Nonylphenol is a noun.
What is the plural of nonylphenol?
The plural of nonylphenol is nonylphenols.

Words near nonylphenol in the dictionary

  1. nonylenes
  2. nonylenic
  3. nonylglucoside
  4. nonylglucosides
  5. nonylic
  6. nonylphenol
  7. nonylphenols
  8. nonyls
  9. nonymity
  10. nonymous
  11. nonyne

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