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SULPHUR

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An abundant tasteless odorless multivalent nonmetallic element; best known in yellow crystals; occurs in many sulphide and sulphate minerals and even in native form (especially in volcanic regions)

Synonyms:

atomic number 16; S; sulfur; sulphur

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

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

chemical element; element (any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sulphur"):

brimstone; native sulfur; native sulphur (an old name for sulfur)

Holonyms ("sulphur" is a substance of...):

sulfide; sulphide (a compound of sulphur and some other element that is more electropositive)

oil of vitriol; sulfuric acid; sulphuric acid; vitriol ((H2SO4) a highly corrosive acid made from sulfur dioxide; widely used in the chemical industry)

Derivation:

sulphur (treat with sulphur in order to preserve)

sulphuric (of or relating to or containing sulfur)

sulphurous (of or related to or containing sulfur or derived from sulfur)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Treat with sulphur in order to preserve

Example:

These dried fruits are sulphured

Synonyms:

sulfur; sulphur

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "sulphur" is one way to...):

process; treat (subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

sulphur (an abundant tasteless odorless multivalent nonmetallic element; best known in yellow crystals; occurs in many sulphide and sulphate minerals and even in native form (especially in volcanic regions))

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