butyrolactone
Meaning of butyrolactone
noun
a liquid compound used as a solvent and sometimes taken as a recreational drug (being metabolized in the body to produce the active substance GHB).
late 19th century: from butyric (see butyric acid) + lactone.
Information about butyrolactone
- It is a name.
- The plural form of butyrolactone is: butyrolactones.
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Hyphenation of butyrolactone
bu-ty-ro-lac-tone
- It consists of 5 syllables and 13 chars.
- butyrolactone is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
Words that rhyme with butyrolactone
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