Noun: acetone
| Singular | acetone |
| Plural | acetones |
Sample Sentences
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You open the salon door and the acetone from yesterday’s manicures immediately stings my nostrils. [2019, Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, Jonathan Cape, page 81:]
Nouns inflected like acetone
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From acet- from acētum (“vinegar”). The -one was taken from margarone but further etymology is unclear. Doublet of ketone.
Verbs referencing "acetone"
Polish Nouns
aceton, Finnish Nouns
asetoni.