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BENZOL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does benzol mean?
• BENZOL (noun)
The noun BENZOL has 1 sense:
1. a colorless liquid hydrocarbon; highly flammable; carcinogenic; the simplest of the aromatic compounds
Familiarity information: BENZOL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A colorless liquid hydrocarbon; highly flammable; carcinogenic; the simplest of the aromatic compounds
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("benzol" is a kind of...):
aromatic hydrocarbon (a hydrocarbon that contains one or more benzene rings that are characteristic of the benzene series of organic compounds)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "benzol"):
benzene formula; benzene nucleus; benzene ring; Kekule formula (a closed chain of 6 carbon atoms with hydrogen atoms attached)
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