arsenic
noun
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Sense 1 noun
a white powdered poisonous trioxide of arsenic; used in manufacturing glass and as a pesticide (rat poison) and weed killer
Types & categories
- trioxide hypernym
Related & opposite
- arsenical derivation
Sense 2 noun
a very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms; arsenic and arsenic compounds are used as herbicides and insecticides and various alloys; found in arsenopyrite and orpiment and realgar
Types & categories
- chemical element hypernym
Parts & wholes
- arsenopyrite substance holonym
- orpiment substance holonym
- realgar substance holonym
- herbicide substance holonym
- insecticide substance holonym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | arsenical |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | trioxide |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | arsenical |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | arsenious |
| 2 | substance holonym | Parts & wholes | arsenopyrite |
| 2 | substance holonym | Parts & wholes | orpiment |
| 2 | substance holonym | Parts & wholes | realgar |
| 2 | substance holonym | Parts & wholes | herbicide |
| 2 | substance holonym | Parts & wholes | insecticide |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | chemical element |