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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A colorless, flammable ketone, CH3COCH2CH3, used in lacquers, paint removers, cements and adhesives, cleaning fluids, and celluloid. Also called methyl ethyl ketone.

Wiktionary

  1. n. organic chemistry A simple aliphatic ketone, CH3CH2COCH3, prepared industrially as a solvent, for use in the manufacture of paints etc.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. colorless soluble flammable liquid ketone used as a solvent for resins and as a paint remover and in lacquers and cements and adhesives and cleaning fluids and celluloid

Etymologies

  1. butan(e) + -one. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  1. methyl ethyl ketone
  1. 2-butanone
  1. ethylmethylketone
  1. MEK
  1. methylpropanone
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  1. ketone

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  1. methyl ethyl ketone

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