chlorine : Idioms & Phrases


chlorine dioxide

  • noun an explosive gas (ClO2) used chiefly in bleaching paper or starch or soap or flour and in water purification
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Chlorine family

  • the elements fluorine, chlorine, bromine, and iodine, called the halogens, and classed together from their common peculiariries.
Webster 1913

chlorine water

  • noun an aqueous solution of chlorine used as a bleaching agent
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