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Meaning of carbonyl chloride | Babel Free

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

Deutsch Carbonylchlorid
Español fosgeno

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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