butyl alcohol


butyl alcohol

noun

Definition of BUTYL ALCOHOL

: any of four flammable alcohols C4H9OH (as butanol) used in organic synthesis and as solvents

First Known Use of BUTYL ALCOHOL

circa 1871

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