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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a colorless solid amide of acetic acid used as a solvent and in the synthesis of organic compounds;
[syn: acetamide, ethanamide]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Acetamide \Ac`et*am"ide\, n. [Acetyl + amide.] (Chem.) A white crystalline solid, from ammonia by replacement of an equivalent of hydrogen by acetyl. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

acetamide n 1: a colorless solid amide of acetic acid used as a solvent and in the synthesis of organic compounds [syn: acetamide, ethanamide]