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chlorals

chlorals is the plural of chloral.

Meaning of chloral

Noun

chloral (usually uncountable, plural chlorals)

  1. (usually) A colourless narcotic liquid, trichloroacetaldehyde, CCl₃CHO, obtained at first by the action of chlorine on alcohol and that, when treated with water, produces chloral hydrate.
    • ‘They say there is a skeleton in every cupboard,’ Rossetti said quietly, ‘and that's mine; it's chloral.’ Caine was shocked but forbore to comment.1997, Vivien Allen, Hall Caine: Portrait of a Victorian Romancer, A&C Black, →ISBN, page 100

Questions about chlorals

What is chlorals the plural of?
Chlorals is the plural of chloral.

Words near chlorals in the dictionary

  1. chloralosanes
  2. chloralosans
  3. chloralose
  4. chloralosed
  5. chloraloses
  6. chlorals
  7. chloralum
  8. chloraluminite
  9. chlorambucil
  10. chloramide
  11. chloramides

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