Glycerin

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Glycerol or a preparation of glycerol.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Alternative spelling of glycerine.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An oily, viscous liquid, C3H5(OH)3, colorless and odorless, and with a hot, sweetish taste, existing in the natural fats and oils as the base, combined with various acids, as oleic, margaric, stearic, and palmitic. It may be obtained by saponification of fats and oils. It is a triatomic alcohol, and hence is also called glycerol. See Note under gelatin.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A transparent, colorless, hygroscopic liquid (C3H5(OH)3), with a sweet taste and syrupy consistence.
  • n. Formerly a general designation for compounds similar to glycerol in that they contain three hydroxyl groups.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a sweet syrupy trihydroxy alcohol obtained by saponification of fats and oils
    • Equivalent
    glycerine   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    alcohol   
    Cross Reference
    glycerin jelly    glycerin agar    glycerin butyrate    glycerin cement   
    Variant
    glycerol    gelatin   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    glycerine    fructose    galactose    glycerol    anthraquinone   
     
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