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  1. 1. n. A thick, colorless liquid, C2H4(OH)2, of a sweetish taste, produced artificially from certain ethylene compounds. It is a diacid alcohol, intermediate between ordinary ethyl alcohol and glycerin. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. Any one of the large class of class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/diacid">diacid alcohols, of which glycol proper is the type. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. a sweet but poisonous syrupy liquid used as an antifreeze and solvent Source: wordnet
  4. 4. n. any of a class of class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/alcohols">alcohols having 2 hydroxyl groups in each molecule Source: wordnet
  5. 5. (a) A thick, colorless liquid, C2H4(OH)2, of a sweetish taste, produced artificially from certain ethylene compounds. It is a diacid alcohol, intermediate between ordinary ethyl alcohol and glycerin. (b) Any one of the large class of diacid alcohols, of which glycol proper is the type. Source: webster
  6. 6. n:100 n a sweet but class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/poisonous">poisonous class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/syrupy">syrupy liquid used as an antifreeze and solvent n any of a class of alcohols having 2 hydroxyl groups in each molecule Source: ecdict

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