Usually means: Vinegar's main sour, pungent component.
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  1. acetic acid: Merriam-Webster
  2. acetic acid: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. acetic acid: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  17. acetic acid: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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  1. acetic acid: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
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  1. acetic acid: Encyclopedia

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  1. acetic acid: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  1. Acetic Acid: Eric Weisstein's World of Chemistry

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Definitions from Wiktionary (acetic acid)

noun:  (organic chemistry) A clear colourless organic acid, CH₃COOH, formed by the bacterial oxidation of ethanol through acetic fermentation; it is used as a solvent and has very many industrial applications; it is the major acidic component of vinegar.

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