Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

potassium cyanide

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.08 in modern English

Syllables: potas-si-um -cyanide
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The potassium salt of hydrocyanic acid, KCN; the colourless crystals are soluble in water, and it is extremely poisonous, and is used in electroplating, the extraction of gold and silver from their ores, and in photography.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"During interrogation he committed suicide by swallowing a coat-button of compressed potassium cyanide."

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does potassium cyanide mean?: The potassium salt of hydrocyanic acid, KCN; the colourless crystals are soluble in water, and it is extremely poisonous, and is used in electroplating, the extraction of gold and silver from their ores, and in photography.

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