Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hydroxyketone

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hy-drox-yke-tone
IPA

34

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any hydroxy derivative of a ketone; a ketone with hydroxy group bonded to it.

Inflected Forms

hydroxyketones (plural) hydroxy ketone (alternative)

Questions

What does hydroxyketone mean?: Any hydroxy derivative of a ketone; a ketone with hydroxy group bonded to it.

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