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Monoxide

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. An oxide with each molecule containing one oxygen atom.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. any oxide containing a single oxygen atom in each molecule or formula unit

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. An oxide containing one atom of oxygen in each molecule.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. an oxide containing just one atom of oxygen in the molecule

Word Usage

"I dunno that that's so -- carbon monoxide is almost exactly the same density as air, and the National Fire Protection Association code is fine with putting a detector on the ceiling so long as it's someplace you can hear it."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

oxide

Hyponym

carbon monoxide co carbon monoxide gas

Form

carbon monoxide dihydrogen monoxide bromine monoxide dichlorine monoxide dinitrogen monoxide

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

hydroxide

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

methane dioxide chlorine ozone hydrocarbon cyanide sulfide ammonia pollutant fluorine