Definition of "ethanoate" [ethanoate]

• A salt or ester of acetic acid (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "I'm not even remotely familiar with chemistry... but here's what I found: Amyl acetate also pentyl ethanoate, pentyl acetate is an organic compound and an ester with the chemical formula CH3COOC5H11 and the molecular weight 130.18 g/mol."
• "Describe the procedure to synthesize the ester ethyl ethanoate (ethyl acetate), starting from ethene.? en Español"
• "Cyclohexanone methyl ethanoate (acetate) propanone"