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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

phosphorus paste

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.16 in modern English

Syllables
phos-pho-rus -paste
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A paste of yellow phosphorus and water, mixed with flour and used as an insecticide and rat poison.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A paste of white phosphorus used to tip early matches.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

phosphorus pastes (plural)

Questions

What does phosphorus paste mean?
A paste of yellow phosphorus and water, mixed with flour and used as an insecticide and rat poison.

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