Defenition of the word ester

• Defenition of the word ester

  • An organic compound formed by a reaction of a carboxylic acid and an alcohol.
  • formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water

Hyponyms for the word ester

• • banana oil
  • base
  • cellulose ester
  • citrate
  • cyclohexanol phthalate
  • ethyl acetate
  • glyceryl ester
  • lactate
  • maleate
  • nucleotide
  • polyester
  • urethane

Hypernyms for the word ester

• • organic compound
  • surname

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