chemico-
Britishcombining form
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
It was every bit as pink as it is today, but bore a decidedly less charming name, Chemico Bath and Household Cleaner, and came in a gray glass jar.
From New York Times
For example, Howe Sound Co., for which "Chemico" is building a new $2,500,000 Utah plant to utilize the process, will be able to turn out 4,000,000 Ibs. a year of pure cobalt, or about 50% of U.S. consumption.
From Time Magazine Archive
Chemico's Kansas-born chief engineer, Edward S. Roberts, 48, has been working on the process for 18 years; the company spent some $3,000,000 on research perfecting it.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Chemico method, using ammonia or acid, dissolves this concentrate in an "autoclave," similar to a huge pressure cooker.
From Time Magazine Archive
To get some on-the-job training, he took a laborer's job at night at a caustic-soda plant being constructed by Chemico of New York.
From Time Magazine Archive
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
