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Acetone

Noun CEFR B1

ˈæ.sə.toʊn

Definitions

A colourless, volatile, flammable liquid ketone, (CH₃)₂CO, used as a solvent.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Españolacetona

Françaisacétone

DeutschAceton Azeton DimethylketonPropanon

31 more languages

العربيةأسيتون الأسيتون

Беларускаяацэтон

Българскиацетон

Bosanskiaceton ацетон

Češtinaaceton

Danskacetone

Ελληνικάακετόνη ασετόν

Esperantoacetono

Suomiasetoni

Gaeilgeaicéatón

עבריתאצטון

हिन्दीएसीटोन शुक्ता

Hrvatskiaceton ацетон

Magyaraceton

Bahasa Indonesiaaseton

Íslenskaasetón

Italianoacetone

日本語アセトン

ភាសាខ្មែរអាសេតូន

한국어아세톤

Nederlandsaceton

Polskiaceton

Portuguêsacetona

Românăacetonă

Русскийацетон

Slovenščinaaceton

Српскиaceton ацетон

Tagalogasetona

Türkçeaseton

Українськаацетон

Tiếng Việtaxeton

Examples

“You open ⟳ the salon door and the acetone from yesterday’s manicures immediately stings my nostrils.”

CEFR level

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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Acetone

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