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hydroxyacetone

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hy-drox-y-ace-tone
IPA
33
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The hydroxyketone CH₃-CO-CH₂-OH

Uncountable

Usage

Synonyms

acetol acetone alcohol acetylcarbinol

Questions

What does hydroxyacetone mean?
The hydroxyketone CH₃-CO-CH₂-OH

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