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

1 sense of hexane

Sense 1
hexane -- (a colorless flammable liquid alkane derived from petroleum and used as a solvent)
       => methane series, alkane series, alkane, paraffin series, paraffin -- (a series of non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH(2n+2))
       => solvent, dissolvent, dissolver, dissolving agent, resolvent -- (a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances; "the solvent does not change its state in forming a solution")