DIMETHYL KETONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dimethyl ketone mean? 

• DIMETHYL KETONE (noun)
  The noun DIMETHYL KETONE has 1 sense:

1. the simplest ketone; a highly flammable liquid widely used as an organic solvent and as material for making plastics

  Familiarity information: DIMETHYL KETONE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIMETHYL KETONE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The simplest ketone; a highly flammable liquid widely used as an organic solvent and as material for making plastics

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

acetone; dimethyl ketone; propanone

Hypernyms ("dimethyl ketone" is a kind of...):

ketone (any of a class of organic compounds having a carbonyl group linked to a carbon atom in each of two hydrocarbon radicals)

dissolvent; dissolver; dissolving agent; resolvent; solvent (a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances)