ozone
/ˈoʊzoʊn/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.42 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An allotrope of oxygen (symbol O₃) having three atoms in the molecule instead of the usual two; it is a toxic gas, generated from oxygen by electrical discharge.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Lightning flashed again, the thunder came a second later. It rained harder. The smell of ozone was strong. You could feel the charge in the air."
- "Martin said that the National Park Service invested in “a state-of-the-art ozone nanobubbler filtration system” that is intended to keep algae out."
- "A patent obtained in England, and specified far from clearly, for obtaining ozone by boiling seaweed,†† may be mentioned as a curiosity, and also the credulity with which ozone-baths, prepared in this manner, find a ready sale, in spite of, or perhaps rather on account of, their high price."
- "To Ramsgate baths she sped, in quest / Of seaweed and ozone ; / For seaweed and ozone were best, / They said, to give her tone."
- "It's got the lot: fresh sea air, ozone, seaweed. You could cut the air with a knife."
- "Whenever it exists, as it usually does, even where the tide water freshens at the ebb, it seems to have a purifying tendency, probably by ozoning the superincumbent atmosphere."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Ozon, ὄζον
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈoʊzoʊn/
- British English: /ˈəʊzəʊn/
Usage
- Uncountable
- British usage
- Informal
- Transitive verb