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sulfury

sulfury adjective: having a colour similar to that of sulfur.

Adjective

sulfury (comparative more sulfury, superlative most sulfury)

  1. Having a colour similar to that of sulfur.
  2. Having a smell similar to that of sulfur compounds.

Forms of sulfury

comparativemore sulfury
superlativemost sulfury

Origin of sulfury

From sulfur + -y.

Questions about sulfury

What does sulfury mean?
Sulfury means having a colour similar to that of sulfur.
What part of speech is sulfury?
Sulfury is an adjective.

Words near sulfury in the dictionary

  1. sulfurs
  2. sulfurtransferase
  3. sulfurtransferases
  4. sulfurwort
  5. sulfurworts
  6. sulfury
  7. sulfuryl
  8. sulfuryl chloride
  9. sulfuryl fluoride
  10. sulfurylase
  11. sulfurylases

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