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Meaning of nonylphenol | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Any of a family of closely related organic compounds, a subset of the alkylphenols, that are precursors to commercially important detergents.

Examples

“Make sure you don’t use detergents with phosphates or nonylphenol ethoxylate surfactants, but that information is rarely available on the labels.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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