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Meaning of Purell | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. A brand of hand sanitizer containing alcohol.
  2. Alternative letter-case form of purell (any alcohol-based hand sanitizer)
    alt-of, uncountable
  3. alcohol-based hand sanitizer gel.
    slang, uncountable

Examples

“In the Season 11 premiere of “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” Larry David’s HBO comedy of ill manners, chaos breaks out during a party (specifically, a premature funeral) at Albert Brooks’s house when Larry finds a closet stuffed with Purell, toilet paper and KN95 masks, exposing the “Lost in America” director as having been a “Covid hoarder.””

CEFR level

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

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