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Ester: A classification of organic compounds occurring naturally as oils and fats, produced by replacing the hydrogen of an acid by an alkyl, aryl, radical. A compound of an organic acid bonded via an ester bond to an alcohol. Any of a large group of organic compounds formed when an acid and alcohol is mixed. CH3COOCH3 (Methyl acetate is the simplest ester.