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fluor

US/fluɔɹ/

fluor noun: the mineral fluorite.

Noun

fluor (countable and uncountable, plural fluors)

  1. (dated) The mineral fluorite.
  2. (obsolete) A flow or flux.
  3. (in plural, obsolete) Menstrual periods.
    Synonyms:
    flowers

Synonyms of fluor

Forms of fluor

pluralfluors

Origin of fluor

Borrowed from Latin fluor.

Words formed from fluor

Phrases with fluor

Questions about fluor

What does fluor mean?
Fluor means the mineral fluorite.
What part of speech is fluor?
Fluor is a noun.
How do you pronounce fluor?
Fluor is pronounced /fluɔɹ/ (US).
What is the plural of fluor?
The plural of fluor is fluors.

Words near fluor in the dictionary

  1. fluonomists
  2. fluophosphate
  3. fluophosphates
  4. fluopicolide
  5. fluoquinolone
  6. fluor
  7. fluor albus
  8. fluor spar
  9. fluor spars
  10. fluor-
  11. fluora-

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