acetone

Definitions of acetone
  1. noun
    the simplest ketone; a highly inflammable liquid widely used as an organic solvent and as material for making plastics
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    type of:
    chetone
    any of a class of organic compounds having a carbonyl group linked to a carbon atom in each of two hydrocarbon radicals
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