Definitions for esters

esters es·ter

Spelling: [es-ter]
IPA: /ˈɛs tər/

Esters is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 82 anagrams from letters in esters (eersst).

Definitions for esters

noun

  1. a compound produced by the reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of a molecule of water, as ethyl acetate, C 4 H 8 O 2 , or dimethyl sulfate, C 2 H 6 SO 4 .

Origin of esters

First recorded in 1850-55; coined by L. Gmelin (1788-1853), German chemist

Examples for esters

It consists of esters of glycerine with fatty and other acids, and these are generally termed glycerides.

On the phone, esters assured me that Kelley's statements about their meetings are a big, honking fabrication.

The natural fats, vegetable oils, and plant waxes are all esters.

These salts, or esters, are known under the general name "nucleoproteins."

I'm sure that great pressure has been brought to bear on Mrs. esters.

This fact explains the so-called “catalytic” action of acids and bases in decomposing such compounds as the esters.

"She did refuse to have me on the show," esters told me in her distinctly non-whiney way.

Further proof for these constitutions was sought in the study of the esters formed when the acids react with alcohols.

Kelley mentioned one other: That esters has been stomped into submission by an 800-pound Harpo.

I was trying to find information about a long-dead character who hailed from esters' part of the state.

Word Value for esters
Scrable

6

Words with friends

6

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