how to pronounce butane
/ˈbjuː.tɛɪn/
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butane is pronounced in two syllables
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An example use of butane in a speech by a native speaker of british english:
“… burnt using a small butane blowtorch you …”
meanings of butane
noun:
- A hydrocarbon (either of the two isomers of C4H10 n-butane, and 2-methyl-propane) found in gaseous petroleum fractions.
- The n-butane isomer only.
butane frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR
the word butane occurs in english on average 0.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.
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