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Noun: acetone  'a-su`town
  1. The simplest ketone; a highly inflammable liquid widely used as an organic solvent and as material for making plastics
    - propanone, dimethyl ketone

Derived forms: acetones

See also: acetonic

Type of: dissolvent, dissolver, dissolving agent, ketone, resolvent, solvent

Encyclopedia: Acetone

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