GLYCERIDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does glyceride mean? 

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

1. an ester of glycerol and fatty acids that occurs naturally as fats and fatty oils

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GLYCERIDE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An ester of glycerol and fatty acids that occurs naturally as fats and fatty oils

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

acylglycerol; glyceride

Context example:

fresh fats contain glycerides of fatty acids and very little free acid

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

animal oil (any oil obtained from animal substances)

glyceryl ester (an ester of glycerol)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "glyceride"):

triglyceride (glyceride occurring naturally in animal and vegetable tissues; it consists of three individual fatty acids bound together in a single large molecule; an important energy source forming much of the fat stored by the body)

Holonyms ("glyceride" is a part of...):

fat (a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides))

 Context examples 

Lipids can be subdivided into 2 groups: fatty acids and glycerides.

(Lipid, NCI Thesaurus)