Definition of glycerol

Reference

	Dictionary
	Encyclopedia
	Thesaurus
	World Factbook
	Spanish Dictionary
	Anatomy
	Conversion Calculator

Word of the Day

rationale
Definition: (noun) an underlying reason or explanation.
Petersons.com

Add Word of the Day to your personalized My Yahoo! page:

About My Yahoo! and RSS »

Sponsored Links

Buy Glycerol
Get Your Nutrition Private-Offer glycerol on Sale
Private-Offer.com

Email this page to a friend

< glycerin

glyceryl >

glyc·er·ol

(gl

-rôl

, -r

) KEY

NOUN:

A syrupy, sweet, colorless or yellowish liquid, C₃H₈O₃, obtained from fats and oils as a byproduct of saponification and used as a solvent, an antifreeze, a plasticizer, and a sweetener and in the manufacture of dynamite, cosmetics, liquid soaps, inks, and lubricants.

ETYMOLOGY:
glycer(in) + -ol¹

Visit our partner's site

Provided by Houghton Mifflin
		eReference -- Download this interactive reference software to your desktop computer