PROPANONE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

acetone; dimethyl ketone; propanone

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("propanone" 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)

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