toluene

What does toluene mean?

toluene 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 toluene?

toluene has 3 syllables: to-lu-ene. The stress falls on "to". In IPA it is /ˈtɔluˌin/.

What is another word for toluene?

Close synonyms include methylbenzene. 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 toluene a common word?

toluene 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.

What rhymes with toluene?

11 words rhyme with toluene. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for toluene come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.