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ETHANOATE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A salt or ester of acetic acid

Synonyms:

acetate; ethanoate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

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

salt (a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal))

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

acetin (any of three liquid acetates that are formed when acetic acid and glycerin are heated together)

lead acetate; sugar of lead (a poisonous white solid (Pb[CH3CO]2) used in dyeing cotton and in making enamels and varnishes)

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