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phosphorus pastes

phosphorus pastes is the plural of phosphorus paste.

Meaning of phosphorus paste

Noun

phosphorus paste (countable and uncountable, plural phosphorus pastes)

  1. A paste of yellow phosphorus and water, mixed with flour and used as an insecticide and rat poison.
  2. A paste of white phosphorus used to tip early matches.

Questions about phosphorus pastes

What is phosphorus pastes the plural of?
Phosphorus pastes is the plural of phosphorus paste.

Words near phosphorus pastes in the dictionary

  1. phosphorus match
  2. phosphorus matches
  3. phosphorus necrosis
  4. phosphorus oxynitride
  5. phosphorus paste
  6. phosphorus pastes
  7. phosphorus pentachloride
  8. phosphorus pentoxide
  9. phosphorus poisoning
  10. phosphorus poisonings
  11. phosphorus sesquisulphide

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