1. an oily colorless liquid obtained by the condensation of two molecules of acetaldehyde; contains an alcohol group (-OH) and an aldehyde group (-CHO); [syn: aldol, aldehyde-alcohol]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
aldehyde-alcohol
n 1: an oily colorless liquid obtained by the condensation of
two molecules of acetaldehyde; contains an alcohol group
(-OH) and an aldehyde group (-CHO) [syn: aldol,
aldehyde-alcohol]