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Acetone

//ˈæ.sə.toʊn// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A colourless, volatile, flammable liquid ketone, (CH₃)₂CO, used as a solvent. countable, uncountable

    "You open the salon door and the acetone from yesterday’s manicures immediately stings my nostrils."

  2. 2
    the simplest ketone; a highly flammable liquid widely used as an organic solvent and as material for making plastics wordnet

Etymology

From acet- from acētum (“vinegar”). The -one was taken from margarone but further etymology is unclear. Doublet of ketone.

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