nitrous oxide
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.88 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A nonflammable gas commonly used in surgery and dentistry for its anaesthetic and analgesic effects and in motorsport for bursts of added power.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Holonym: gas and air"
- "On social media and beyond, many have taken to using the brand’s name in a more colloquial fashion, with “Galaxy Gas” being used as a catchall for nitrous oxide inhalants at large, regardless of whether they are actually Galaxy Gas products or not."