Usually means: Organic alcohol with four carbons.
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  1. butanol: Merriam-Webster
  2. butanol: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. butanol: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  8. butanol: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (butanol)

noun:  (organic chemistry) Any of four isomeric aliphatic alcohols, C₄H₉-OH
noun:  butan-1-ol or n-butanol or butyl alcohol - CH₃(CH₂)₃-OH
noun:  butan-2-ol or sec-butanol - CH₃CH₂CH(CH₃)-OH
noun:  2-methyl-propan-1-ol or iso-butanol - (CH₃)₂CHCH₂-OH
noun:  1,1-dimethyl-ethanol or tert-butanol - (CH₃)₃C-OH

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