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RATSBANE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ratsbane mean? 

RATSBANE (noun)
  The noun RATSBANE has 1 sense:

1. a white powdered poisonous trioxide of arsenic; used in manufacturing glass and as a pesticide (rat poison) and weed killerplay

  Familiarity information: RATSBANE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RATSBANE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A white powdered poisonous trioxide of arsenic; used in manufacturing glass and as a pesticide (rat poison) and weed killer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

arsenic; arsenic trioxide; arsenous anhydride; arsenous oxide; ratsbane; white arsenic

Hypernyms ("ratsbane" is a kind of...):

trioxide (an oxide containing three atoms of oxygen in the molecule)


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