NOUN | substance | acetone, propanone, dimethyl ketone | the simplest ketone |
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Sounds | ae'sahtow.n | |
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Rhymes | allophone ... zone: 126 rhymes with own... |
Meaning | The simplest ketone; a highly inflammable liquid / liquid widely used as an organic solvent and as material for making plastics. | |
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Synonyms | propanone, dimethyl ketone | |
Broader | ketone | Any of a class of organic compounds having a carbonyl group linked to a carbon atom in each of two hydrocarbon radicals |
solvent, dissolvent, dissolver, dissolving agent, resolvent | A liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances | |
Spanish | acetona | |
Catalan | acetona | |
Adjectives | acetonic | of or relating to acetone |
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