rat poison

noun

Poison used to kill rats and other rodents.

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raticide
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Meanings

nounrat poison (countable and uncountable, plural rat poisons)

plural rat poisons

  1. countableuncountablePoison used to kill rats and other rodents.

    Synonyms: raticide

  2. countableuncountableA West African shrub (Dichapetalum toxicarium, syn. Chailletia toxicaria), whose seeds are used to destroy rats.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounPoison used to kill rats and other rodents.

Similar
raticide

Translations

Bulgarian мишеморка
  • мишеморка (mišemorka)poison for killing rats, etc.
Catalan raticida
  • raticidapoison for killing rats, etc.
Chinese Cantonese 老鼠藥 /老鼠药
  • 老鼠藥 /老鼠药 (lou⁵ syu² joek⁶)poison for killing rats, etc.
Chinese Mandarin 老鼠藥 /老鼠药, 耗子藥 /耗子药
  • 老鼠藥 /老鼠药 (lǎoshǔyào)poison for killing rats, etc.
  • 耗子藥 /耗子药 (hàoziyào)poison for killing rats, etc.
Danish rottegift
  • rottegiftpoison for killing rats, etc.
Dutch rattengif
  • rattengifpoison for killing rats, etc.
Finnish rotanmyrkky
  • rotanmyrkkypoison for killing rats, etc.
French raticide, mort-aux-rats
  • raticidepoison for killing rats, etc.
  • mort-aux-ratspoison for killing rats, etc.
German Rattengift
  • Rattengiftpoison for killing rats, etc.
Greek τρωκτικοκτόνο
  • τρωκτικοκτόνο (troktikoktóno)poison for killing rats, etc.
Hebrew רַעַל עַכְבָּרִים
  • רַעַל עַכְבָּרִים (rá'al 'achbarím)poison for killing rats, etc.
Hungarian patkányméreg
  • patkányméregpoison for killing rats, etc.
Italian topicida, ratticida
  • topicidapoison for killing rats, etc.
  • ratticidapoison for killing rats, etc.
Korean 쥐약
  • 쥐약 (jwiyak)poison for killing rats, etc.
Malay racun tikus
  • racun tikuspoison for killing rats, etc.
Norwegian Bokmål rottegift
  • rottegiftpoison for killing rats, etc.
Polish rodentycyd
  • rodentycydpoison for killing rats, etc.
Portuguese veneno para ratos, raticida
  • veneno para ratospoison for killing rats, etc.
  • raticidapoison for killing rats, etc.
Romanian raticid
  • raticidpoison for killing rats, etc.
Russian родентици́д, крысиный яд
  • родентици́д (rodenticíd)poison for killing rats, etc.
  • крысиный яд (krysinyj jad)poison for killing rats, etc.
Spanish raticida
  • raticidapoison for killing rats, etc.
Swedish råttgift
  • råttgiftpoison for killing rats, etc.
Tagalog pamatay-daga
  • pamatay-dagapoison for killing rats, etc.
Thai ยาเบื่อหนู
  • ยาเบื่อหนู (yaa-bʉ̀ʉa-nǔu)poison for killing rats, etc.
Turkish sıçan zehiri
  • sıçan zehiripoison for killing rats, etc.
Vietnamese thuốc diệt chuột
  • thuốc diệt chuộtpoison for killing rats, etc.
Welsh gwenwyn llygod
  • gwenwyn llygodpoison for killing rats, etc.
Cite this entry
APA

rat poison. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rat%20poison

MLA

“rat poison.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rat%20poison. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rat poison,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rat%20poison.

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