chlorine

«chlorine» in Mova's school dictionary: a yellow-green poisonous gas with a strong smell — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (chlorine)

meaning for a pupil

1) Chlorine is a yellow-green poisonous gas with a strong smell. tree →

2) Chlorine is a chemical put into swimming pools and drinking water to kill germs. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons chlorine is an element (symbol Cl); with sodium it makes salt (sodium chloride). In everyday life the «swimming pool smell» comes from chlorine; it can make eyes sting, so swimmers wear goggles. In safety lessons: never mix cleaning products like bleach, as they can release dangerous chlorine gas. Phrases: chlorine in the pool, chlorinated water.

examples

• The pool smells of chlorine. tree →
• Chlorine kills germs in the water. tree →
• My eyes sting from the chlorine. tree →
• Wear goggles to protect your eyes from chlorine. tree →
• Table salt is made of sodium and chlorine. tree →
• Never mix bleach with other cleaners. tree →

note

Uncountable noun. Pronounced «KLOR-een». As a gas it is poisonous, but tiny amounts in water make it safe to drink and swim in. Salt contains chlorine joined with sodium, but salt is not poisonous — joined elements can behave very differently.

In the corpora

• Salt is made of sodium and chlorine; sugar is made of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen.
• Some cleaners must never meet: bleach poured together with an acid toilet cleaner gives off chlorine, a poisonous gas.
• Chlorine is put in pool water to kill germs.
• Swimming goggles stop the chlorine in pool water from stinging your eyes.
• Red, stinging pool eyes are often caused by chloramines, made when chlorine mixes with sweat and wee in the water.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «chlorine» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.