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rat poison

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.82 in modern English

Syllables
rat poi-son
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Poison used to kill rats and other rodents.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A West African shrub (Dichapetalum toxicarium, syn. Chailletia toxicaria), whose seeds are used to destroy rats.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

rat poisons (plural)

Phrases

rat terrier rat trap

Frequently Paired Words

rat terrier ratting rattrap rat trap

Synonyms

raticide

Questions

What does rat poison mean?
Poison used to kill rats and other rodents.

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