ester

About 2.36 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A compound most often formed by the condensation of an alcohol and an acid, with elimination of water, which contains the functional group carbon-oxygen double bond (i.e., carbonyl) joined via carbon to another oxygen atom.

Similar words

methyl standing access aunt priority esther estonians acetate carbomethoxy glyceride

Often followed by

of and is groups in group was linkage bond

Word family

esters