Meanings
nouncarbonyl chloride (uncountable)
- uncountablechemistryA toxic gas, COCl₂, used in the manufacture of plastics, pesticides etc, and once used as a chemical weapon.
More of a French term. Phosgène. We prefer to call it carbonyl chloride. Less. . .disquieting, somehow.
2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 265Synonyms: carbon oxychloride, phosgene
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA toxic gas, COCl₂, used in the manufacture of plastics, pesticides etc, and once used as a chemical weapon.
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Bulgarian фосген
- фосген (fosgen)the compound COCl2
Catalan fosgen
- fosgenthe compound COCl2
Chinese Mandarin 碳醯氯, 碳酰氯
- 碳醯氯 (tànxīlǜ)the compound COCl2
- 碳酰氯 (tànxiānlǜ)the compound COCl2
Finnish karbonyylikloridi
- karbonyylikloridithe compound COCl2
German Carbonylchlorid
- Carbonylchloridthe compound COCl2
Hungarian foszgén, karbonil-klorid
- foszgénthe compound COCl2
- karbonil-kloridthe compound COCl2
Italian ossicloruro di carbonio
- ossicloruro di carboniothe compound COCl2
Spanish fosgeno
- fosgenothe compound COCl2
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carbonyl chloride. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carbonyl%20chloride
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“carbonyl chloride.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carbonyl%20chloride. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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