OXYACETYLENE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does oxyacetylene mean? 

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

1. a mixture of oxygen and acetylene; used to create high temperatures for cutting or welding metals

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• OXYACETYLENE (noun)

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Meaning:

A mixture of oxygen and acetylene; used to create high temperatures for cutting or welding metals

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Nouns denoting substances

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

mixture ((chemistry) a substance consisting of two or more substances mixed together (not in fixed proportions and not with chemical bonding))

Meronyms (substance of "oxyacetylene"):

acetylene; alkyne; ethyne (a colorless flammable gas used chiefly in welding and in organic synthesis)