acetate

About 4.62 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Any ester or salt of acetic acid.
2. noun Cellulose acetate.
3. noun A transparent sheet used for overlays, whether of cellulose acetate or (loosely) any macroscopically similar plastic.
4. noun Ellipsis of acetate disc (A disc of aluminium covered in a wax used to make demonstration copies of a phonograph record)

Similar words

acetate rayon acetic myristate butyrate acetone ammonia ethyl uranyl mafenide leuprolide

Often followed by

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Word family

acetates