Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Showing results for chloranil. Search instead for tofranil.

chloranil

American  
[klaw-ran-l, kloh-, klawr-uh-nil, klohr-] / klɔˈræn l, kloʊ-, ˈklɔr ə nɪl, ˈkloʊr- /

noun

  1. a yellow, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 6 Cl 4 O 2 , used chiefly as a fungicide and as an intermediate in the manufacture of dyes.

Etymology

Origin of chloranil

chlor- 2 + anil(ine)

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.

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Look it up. Learn it forever.

Remember "chloranil" for good with VocabTrainer. Expand your vocabulary effortlessly with personalized learning tools that adapt to your goals.

Take me to Vocabulary.com