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Meaning of tertiary butylhydroquinone | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

An aromatic organic compound that is a type of phenol. It is a derivative of hydroquinone, substituted with a tert-butyl group.

uncountable, usually

Examples

“With the fries and McNuggets, we enter the polysyllabic realm of ingredients I don’t keep in my kitchen: mono- and diglycerides, tertiary butylhydroquinone, a number of phosphates, dimethylpolysiloxane.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

tertiary care tertiary college tertiary color tertiary colour tertiary education tertiary explosive