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LAURYL ALCOHOL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lauryl alcohol mean?
• LAURYL ALCOHOL (noun)
The noun LAURYL ALCOHOL has 1 sense:
1. a colorless insoluble solid alcohol used to make detergents and pharmaceuticals
Familiarity information: LAURYL ALCOHOL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A colorless insoluble solid alcohol used to make detergents and pharmaceuticals
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
1-dodecanol; lauryl alcohol
Hypernyms ("lauryl alcohol" is a kind of...):
alcohol (any of a series of volatile hydroxyl compounds that are made from hydrocarbons by distillation)
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