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carbonyl chloride

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A toxic gas, COCl₂, used in the manufacture of plastics, pesticides etc, and once used as a chemical weapon.

uncountable

Equivalents

2 more languages
Magyarkarbonil-klorid
Қазақ тіліфосген

Examples

“More of a French term. Phosgène. We prefer⟳ to call⟳ it carbonyl chloride. Less. . .disquieting, somehow.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

carbonyl cyanide carbonyl sulfide carbonylation carbonyldiamine carbonylhemoglobin carbonyloxy

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