methylbenzene

What does methylbenzene mean?

methylbenzene means "a colorless flammable liquid obtained from petroleum or coal tar; used as a solvent for gums and lacquers and in high-octane fuels".

How many syllables are in methylbenzene?

methylbenzene has 4 syllables and divides as me-thyl-ben-zene under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for methylbenzene?

Close synonyms include toluene. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is methylbenzene a common word?

methylbenzene is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for methylbenzene come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.