English noun: aldehyde | |||
1. | aldehyde (substance) any of a class of highly reactive chemical compounds; used in making resins and dyes and organic acids | ||
Broader (hypernym) | organic compound | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | acetaldehyde, acrolein, ethanal, ethanal trimer, formaldehyde, furfural, furfuraldehyde, glyceraldehyde, glyceric aldehyde, methanal, paraldehyde, propanal, propenal, propionaldehyde | ||