glycol

glycol is a 6-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A thick, colorless liquid, C2H4(OH)2, of a sweetish taste, produced artificially from certain ethylene compounds. It is a diacid alcohol, intermediate between ordinary ethyl alcohol and glycerin. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 15 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A thick, colorless liquid, C2H4(OH)2, of a sweetish taste, produced artificially from certain ethylene compounds. It is a diacid alcohol, intermediate between ordinary ethyl alcohol and glycerin.
2. noun. Any one of the large class of diacid alcohols, of which glycol proper is the type.
3. noun. any of a class of alcohols having 2 hydroxyl groups in each molecule

   Synonyms: diol

4. noun. a sweet but poisonous syrupy liquid used as an antifreeze and solvent

   Synonyms: ethanediol

Synonyms

diol, ethanediol

Common word forms

glycols

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