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chloruret

chloruret noun: chloride.

Noun

chloruret (plural chlorurets)

  1. (obsolete) chloride

Forms of chloruret

pluralchlorurets

Origin of chloruret

From chlorine + -uret, attested from 1815, never really competitive with chloride it attempted to replace, obsolete by late 19th c.

Questions about chloruret

What does chloruret mean?
Chloruret means chloride.
What part of speech is chloruret?
Chloruret is a noun.
What is the plural of chloruret?
The plural of chloruret is chlorurets.

Words near chloruret in the dictionary

  1. chlorthymol
  2. chlortoluron
  3. chlorurated
  4. chloruration
  5. chloruresis
  6. chloruret
  7. chloruretic
  8. chlorurets
  9. chloruria
  10. chloryl
  11. chloryls

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