hydrochlorofluorocarbon
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
42
Scrabble Score
23
Letters
7
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A man-made chemical compound containing hydrogen, chlorine, fluorine, and carbon, mainly used in refrigeration, air conditioning, foam manufacturing, and aerosols.
Example Sentences
- "The United States joined Argentina, Brazil, Iceland, Mauritania and Norway on Wednesday in notifying the Ozone Secretariat of the United Nations Environment Program that they want to negotiate an accelerated phaseout of hydrochlorofluorocarbons, or HCFC’s, at an international conference in Montreal in September."
Etymology
From hydro- + chlorofluorocarbon.