propyl alcohol

1. 1.

   a clear colorless volatile liquid (alcohol) used as a solvent and antiseptic

   Synonymspropanol

   Broaderalcohol

Questions about propyl alcohol

What does propyl alcohol mean?

propyl alcohol means "a clear colorless volatile liquid (alcohol) used as a solvent and antiseptic".

What is another word for propyl alcohol?

Close synonyms include propanol. 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 propyl alcohol a common word?

propyl alcohol 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.