American English
/ˈi.θɚ/
2 syllables · Stress the first syllable.
a clear, very flammable liquid that was once used to make people unconscious during surgery and is now mainly used in science to dissolve other substances
Practice out louda clear, very flammable liquid that was once used to make people unconscious during surgery and is now mainly used in science to dissolve other substances
Ether catches fire very easily.
The lab uses ether as a solvent.
Ether catches fire very easily, so keep it away from flames.
diethyl ether · ether vapor · ether anesthesia
use ether as a solvent
ether is used to dissolve [a substance]
a substance that people once believed filled all space and carried light
Scientists once believed that light traveled through the ether.
The theory of the ether was later rejected.
the ether was thought to carry [light]
travel through the ether
into a vague or unknown place where something is lost or forgotten
My question disappeared into the ether.