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Meaning of phorate | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

An organophosphorus compound with chemical formula C₈H₄O₃, used as a pesticide.

uncountable

Examples

“"Unlabelled phorate and terbufos were purified by Florisil column chromatography according to the method of Patchett and Batchelder."”

“Five of these chemicals – naled, methamidophos, trichlorfon, chlorpyrifos and phorate – showed up in at least 10% of the cord blood samples.”

CEFR level

B1

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

See also

phoratoxin phorb phorbeia phorboid phorbol phorboxazole