propanone
8.1
A clear liquid that burns easily and people use to dissolve things and make plastics
- noun
- /ˈproʊpəˌnoʊn/
- Specialized
:
propanona
- But as the as the as the through gets hotter and hotter, so the propanone starts to boil, it gets very hot indeed.
Synonyms
9
6.2
A clear liquid with a strong smell used to remove nail polish and dissolve materials
is the systematic chemical name for that same solvent
5.6
A clear, very flammable liquid used to dissolve and clean things, for example in nail polish remover
is the preferred official name used interchangeably with that descriptive label
Surface Forms
propanone singular
propanones plural
Morphology
propanone = propane (opaque) = propan + one
The stem 'propan-' is a specialised combining form (not a standalone common word) and '-one' is a technical chemical suffix, so the composition is not transparent to an average B1 learner.
Etymology
Propanone is made from propane, a common fuel gas, and the ending -one, which means 'ketone'. So Propanone is the ketone form of propane, which is why it is the small, clear, highly flammable solvent also known as acetone.