chlorine
Noun
-
is a type of:
- chemical element, element - any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter
- gas - a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely
- halogen - any of five related nonmetallic elements (fluorine or chlorine or bromine or iodine or astatine) that are all monovalent and readily form negative ions
subtypes: radiochlorine - a radioactive isotope of chlorinesubstance meronym: common salt, sodium chloride - a white crystalline solid consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl)same as: atomic number 17, cl
Found on Word Lists
Other Searches
- Rhyme: Dillfrog, RhymeZone
- Definition: Wiktionary, Dictionary.com, Wikipedia, Merriam-Webster, WordNet, Power Thesaurus
- Imagery: Google, Flickr, Bing