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METHYL BROMIDE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does methyl bromide mean?
• METHYL BROMIDE (noun)
The noun METHYL BROMIDE has 1 sense:
1. a poisonous gas or liquid (CH3Br) used to fumigate rodents, worms, etc.
Familiarity information: METHYL BROMIDE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A poisonous gas or liquid (CH3Br) used to fumigate rodents, worms, etc.
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("methyl bromide" is a kind of...):
bromide (any of the salts of hydrobromic acid; formerly used as a sedative but now generally replaced by safer drugs)
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