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 for saponification.

Etymologies

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saponify +‎ -er

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