hydrocarbon Hear it!

hydrocarbon definition

hydro·car·bon (hī′drə kär′bən, hī′drə kär′bən)

noun

any compound containing only hydrogen and carbon, as benzene or methane

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Comments
Improve this definition.
Do you have more to add? Share your linguistic knowledge or observation.
/Register to save your comments.