Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An apparatus for the manufacture of glycerin and the fatty acids, by the decomposition of fats and the isolation of their several constituents.
- noun A substance that produces saponification, as caustic soda or potash.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) That which saponifies; any reagent used to cause saponification.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun chemistry Any
reagent used forsaponification .
Etymologies
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saponify + -er
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