butanone meaning

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butanone (noun): colorless soluble flammable liquid ketone used as a solvent for resins and as a paint remover and in lacquers and cements and adhesives and cleaning fluids and celluloid.

Definition of butanone

  1. colorless soluble flammable liquid ketone used as a solvent for resins and as a paint remover and in lacquers and cements and adhesives and cleaning fluids and celluloid

    Synonyms: methyl ethyl ketone

    Type of: ketone

Scrabble score: 10 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with BU · words ending in NE · 8-letter words

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