ALDEHYDE-ALCOHOL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does aldehyde-alcohol mean? 

• ALDEHYDE-ALCOHOL (noun)
  The noun ALDEHYDE-ALCOHOL has 1 sense:

1. an oily colorless liquid obtained by the condensation of two molecules of acetaldehyde; contains an alcohol group (-OH) and an aldehyde group (-CHO)

  Familiarity information: ALDEHYDE-ALCOHOL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALDEHYDE-ALCOHOL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An oily colorless liquid obtained by the condensation of two molecules of acetaldehyde; contains an alcohol group (-OH) and an aldehyde group (-CHO)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

aldehyde-alcohol; aldol

Hypernyms ("aldehyde-alcohol" 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 "aldehyde-alcohol"):

acetaldol (unsaturated aldol)