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petrocarbon

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
petro-car-bon
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Carbon that originated in petroleum hydrocarbons.

Uncountable

Etymology

From petro- + carbon.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Phrases

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Frequently Paired Words

carbon cost carbon footprint carbon emissions trading carbon market carbon tax cap and trade biocarbon

Questions

What does petrocarbon mean?
Carbon that originated in petroleum hydrocarbons.
Where does petrocarbon come from?
From petro- + carbon.

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