English

Noun

nonylphenol ‎(plural nonylphenols)

1. (organic chemistry) Any of a family of closely related organic compounds, a subset of the alkylphenols, that are precursors to commercially important detergents.
   • 2009 February 26, Julie Scelfo, “When It Comes to Detergents, What’s the Least Irresponsible Choice?”, in New York Times:

     Make sure you don’t use detergents with phosphates or nonylphenol ethoxylate surfactants, but that information is rarely available on the labels.