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chloroformate

chloroformate noun: any salt or ester of chloroformic acid.

Noun

chloroformate (plural chloroformates)

  1. Any salt or ester of chloroformic acid

Forms of chloroformate

pluralchloroformates

Questions about chloroformate

What does chloroformate mean?
Chloroformate means any salt or ester of chloroformic acid.
What part of speech is chloroformate?
Chloroformate is a noun.
What is the plural of chloroformate?
The plural of chloroformate is chloroformates.

Words near chloroformate in the dictionary

  1. chlorofluorocarbon
  2. chlorofluorocarbons
  3. chlorofluoromethane
  4. chlorofluoromethanes
  5. chloroform
  6. chloroformate
  7. chloroformates
  8. chloroformed
  9. chloroformer
  10. chloroformers
  11. chloroformic

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