Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

persistent organic pollutant

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.66 in modern English

Syllables: per-sis-ten-t or-gan-ic pol-lu-tant
IPA

33

Scrabble Score

26

Letters

8

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An organic compound, predominantly synthetic, that is resistant to environmental degradation through chemical, biological, and photolytic processes, and that is often associated with health risks.

Example Sentences

"One commonly used POP (persistent organic pollutant), organochlorine, may be responsible for contaminating the world's seafood supply, since pesticides can run off the land into streams, lakes, and reservoirs."

Inflected Forms

persistent organic pollutants (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

bioaccumulation PBT TOMP

Synonyms

POP

Questions

What does persistent organic pollutant mean?: An organic compound, predominantly synthetic, that is resistant to environmental degradation through chemical, biological, and photolytic processes, and that is often associated with health risks.

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