TRICHLORIDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does trichloride mean? 

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

1. any compound containing three chlorine atoms in each molecule

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRICHLORIDE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any compound containing three chlorine atoms in each molecule

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Nouns denoting substances

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

chloride (any compound containing a chlorine atom)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "trichloride"):

Agene; nitrogen trichloride (a yellow pungent volatile oil (trade name Agene) formerly used for bleaching and aging flour)