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mosquito coil

mosquito coil noun: a mosquito-repelling incense, usually shaped into a spiral, and typically made from a dried paste of pyrethrum powder.

mosquito coil: a mosquito-repelling incense, usually shaped into a spiral, and typically made from a dried paste...
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Noun

mosquito coil (plural mosquito coils)

  1. A mosquito-repelling incense, usually shaped into a spiral, and typically made from a dried paste of pyrethrum powder.
    • There is a sharp smell in the air, and my nose follows it to the three green mosquito coils on the floor, bringing out grey, waving smoke.2020, Abi Daré, The Girl With The Louding Voice, Sceptre, page 257

mosquito coil meaning in Tamil, Tagalog, Malay and Indonesian

mosquito coil in Tamil

mosquito-repelling incense
கொசுவத்தி kocuvatti, நுளம்புத்திரி nuḷamputtiri

mosquito coil in Tagalog

mosquito-repelling incense
katol

mosquito coil in Malay

mosquito-repelling incense
lingkaran ubat nyamuk, gegelung nyamuk

mosquito coil in Indonesian

mosquito-repelling incense
obat nyamuk bakar
More languagesFewer languages
mosquito coil in Thai
ยาจุดกันยุง yaa-jùt-gan-yung
mosquito coil in Vietnamese
nhang muỗi

Forms of mosquito coil

pluralmosquito coils

Questions about mosquito coil

What does mosquito coil mean?
Mosquito coil means a mosquito-repelling incense, usually shaped into a spiral, and typically made from a dried paste of pyrethrum powder.
What is mosquito coil in Tamil?
Mosquito coil in Tamil is கொசுவத்தி (kocuvatti), நுளம்புத்திரி (nuḷamputtiri). See Mosquito coil meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is mosquito coil?
Mosquito coil is a noun.
What is the plural of mosquito coil?
The plural of mosquito coil is mosquito coils.

Words near mosquito coil in the dictionary

  1. mosquito bar
  2. mosquito bars
  3. mosquito bite
  4. mosquito bites
  5. Mosquito Coast
  6. mosquito coil
  7. mosquito coils
  8. mosquito drawers
  9. mosquito dunk
  10. mosquito dunks
  11. mosquito eater

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