CHLOROBENZENE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chlorobenzene mean? 

• CHLOROBENZENE (noun)
  The noun CHLOROBENZENE has 1 sense:

1. a colorless volatile flammable liquid with an almond odor that is made from chlorine and benzene; used as a solvent and in the production of phenol and DDT and other organic compounds

  Familiarity information: CHLOROBENZENE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHLOROBENZENE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A colorless volatile flammable liquid with an almond odor that is made from chlorine and benzene; used as a solvent and in the production of phenol and DDT and other organic compounds

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("chlorobenzene" is a kind of...):

hydrocarbon (an organic compound containing only carbon and hydrogen)

dissolvent; dissolver; dissolving agent; resolvent; solvent (a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances)