"glycol" in the noun sense
1. ethylene glycol, glycol, ethanediol
a sweet but poisonous syrupy liquid used as an antifreeze and solvent
2. diol, glycol, dihydric alcohol
any of a class of alcohols having 2 hydroxyl groups in each molecule
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