cumene

American  

[kyoo-meen] / ˈkyu min /

noun

Chemistry.

1. a colorless and toxic liquid, C 9 H 12 , soluble in alcohol: used as a solvent and in the production of phenol and acetone.

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Etymology

Origin of cumene

< French cumène; see cumin, -ene

Example Sentences

Walter Dunn lives about 2,000 feet from Enduro’s plant, which houses up to 5,000 pounds of cumene hydroperoxide - explosive and reactive and a chemical he’d never heard of.

From Washington Times • May 12, 2016

Her wæron rethe forebecna cumene ofer Northhymbra land . and thæt folc earmlice bregdon . thæt wæron ormete thodenas . and ligræscas . and fyrenne dracan wæron gesewene on tham lifte fleogende.

From Anglo-Saxon Literature by Earle, John