butane
Meaning of butane
noun
a flammable hydrocarbon gas of the alkane series, present in petroleum and natural gas. It is used in bottled form as a fuel.
late 19th century: from butyl + -ane2.
Information about butane
- It is a name.
- The plural form of butane is: butanes.
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Hyphenation of butane
bu-tane
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- butane is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Translation of butane
Words that rhyme with butane
Tane, tane, Matane, Soriatane, astatane, oxaphosphatane, platane, Rimactane, acetoxyoctane, aminocyclooctane, aminomethyloctane, aminooctane, azacyclooctane, azaoctane, azidooctane, benzylheptadecafluorooctane, bicyclooctane, bisbutylcyclooctane, bisbutyloctane, bisethylcyclooctane, bisethyloctane, bisisopropylcyclooctane, bisisopropyloctane, bismethylcyclooctane, bismethyloctane, bispentylcyclooctane, bispentyloctane, bispropylcyclooctane, bispropyloctane, bromochlorocyclooctane, bromochlorooctane, bromocyclooctane, bromofluorocyclooctane, bromofluorooctane, bromoheptadecafluorooctane, bromoiodocyclooctane, bromoiodooctane, bromooctane, bromoperfluorooctane, bromophenyloctane, butoxycyclooctane, butoxyoctane, butylcyclooctane, butyldiethylcyclooctane, butyldiethyloctane, butyldimethylcyclooctane, butyldimethyloctane, butyldipropylcyclooctane, butyldipropyloctane, butylethylcyclooctane