phosphorus paste

noun

A paste of yellow phosphorus and water, mixed with flour and used as an insecticide and rat poison.

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Meanings

nounphosphorus paste (countable and uncountable, plural phosphorus pastes)

plural phosphorus pastes

  1. countableuncountableA paste of yellow phosphorus and water, mixed with flour and used as an insecticide and rat poison.
  2. countableuncountableA paste of white phosphorus used to tip early matches.
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