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methyl ethyl ketone

noun

Definition of methyl ethyl ketone

: a flammable liquid compound C4H8O similar to acetone and used chiefly as a solvent —abbreviation MEK

Examples of methyl ethyl ketone in a Sentence

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 Less than six months later, in February 2004, a leak in a heat exchanger at Sarnia's Imperial Oil discharged cooling water to the St. Clair River contaminated with two potentially harmful chemicals, methyl ethyl ketone and methyl isobutyl ketone. — Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press, "Years apart, 2 residents champion Lake St. Clair and its environmental problems," 3 Oct. 2017

First Known Use of methyl ethyl ketone

1876, in the meaning defined above

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