eetri lõhnaga värvusetu vedelik, saadakse äädikhapust kaltsiumist ja ka sünteetiliselt; on hea vaikude, rasvade jm. lahustaja; tarvit. lakkide, suitsuta püssirohu, kloroformi, jodoformi jm. valmistamiseks
a colorless, acrid, inflammable liquid having a pleasant etheral odor that is found in small quantities in normal urine and in larger amounts in diabetic urine, that is used as a solvent for fats, lacquers, oils, plastics, resins, rubber, varnishes and waxes, used to cleanse the skin before injections and vaccinations and used in the manufacture of chloroform, iodoform, bromoform, explosives, aeroplane dopes, rayon and photographic films
