Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun benzoyl_peroxide

1 sense of benzoyl peroxide

Sense 1
benzoyl peroxide -- (a white crystalline peroxide used in bleaching (flour or oils or fats) and as a catalyst for free radical reactions)
       => peroxide -- (an inorganic compound containing the divalent ion -O-O-)
       => bleaching agent, bleach, blanching agent, whitener -- (an agent that makes things white or colorless)