BUTANOL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does butanol mean? 

• BUTANOL (noun)
  The noun BUTANOL has 1 sense:

1. a flammable alcohol derived from butanes and used for solvents

  Familiarity information: BUTANOL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BUTANOL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A flammable alcohol derived from butanes and used for solvents

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

butanol; butyl alcohol

Hypernyms ("butanol" is a kind of...):

alcohol (any of a series of volatile hydroxyl compounds that are made from hydrocarbons by distillation)

 Context examples 

This species is motile, sporulating, sacchrolytic, mesophilic, and produces acetate, butanol, ethanol, acetoin and acetyl methyl carbonil from fermentation.

(Clostridium beijerinckii, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is motile, sporulating and produces acetone, butanol and ethanol in fermentation systems using maize mash, molasses, and other feedstocks.

(Clostridium acetobutylicum, NCI Thesaurus)