BUTANONE

butanone, methyl ethyl ketone

(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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

butanone (countable and uncountable, plural butanones)

(organic compound) A simple aliphatic ketone, CH3CH2COCH3, prepared industrially as a solvent, for use in the manufacture of paints etc.

Synonyms

• 2-butanone

• ethylmethylketone

• methyl ethyl ketone (abbreviation: MEK)

• methylpropanone

Anagrams

• nanotube

Source: Wiktionary



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