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ETHANOATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ethanoate mean?
• ETHANOATE (noun)
The noun ETHANOATE has 1 sense:
1. a salt or ester of acetic acid
Familiarity information: ETHANOATE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A salt or ester of acetic acid
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
acetate; ethanoate
Hypernyms ("ethanoate" is a kind of...):
salt (a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ethanoate"):
acetin (any of three liquid acetates that are formed when acetic acid and glycerin are heated together)
lead acetate; sugar of lead (a poisonous white solid (Pb[CH3CO]2) used in dyeing cotton and in making enamels and varnishes)
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