Definitions for butanes

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butanes bu·tane

Spelling: [byoo-teyn, byoo-teyn]

IPA: /ˈbyu teɪn, byuˈteɪn/

Butanes is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 262 anagrams from letters in butanes (abenstu).

Definitions for butanes

noun

1. a colorless, flammable gas, C 4 H 10 , a saturated aliphatic existing in two isometric forms: used chiefly in the manufacture of rubber and as fuel.

Origin of butanes

First recorded in 1870-75; but(yl) + -ane

Examples for butanes

Recently, at a pot-centered radio program, someone offered me a “dab” of butane honey oil (BHO)—a concentrated form of cannabis.

Now they heat and cook with butane or electricity which comes from Silver City.

Unable to afford electricity, butane, or propane, the students, like their neighbors, relied on wood for their cooking.

butane purchased at a hardware store often contains chemicals like benzene, which is known to cause cancer.