NITRIL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nitril mean? 

• NITRIL (noun)
  The noun NITRIL has 1 sense:

1. any of a class of organic compounds containing the cyano radical -CN

  Familiarity information: NITRIL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NITRIL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of a class of organic compounds containing the cyano radical -CN

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

cyanide; nitril; nitrile

Hypernyms ("nitril" is a kind of...):

organic compound (any compound of carbon and another element or a radical)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nitril"):

acrylonitrile; propenonitrile; vinyl cyanide (a colorless liquid unsaturated nitrile made from propene)