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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chlorine/#m1)

2) Chlorine is a chemical put into swimming pools and drinking water to kill germs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chlorine/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chlorine/#x1)
- Chlorine kills germs in the water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chlorine/#x2)
- My eyes sting from the chlorine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chlorine/#x3)
- Wear goggles to protect your eyes from chlorine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chlorine/#x4)
- Table salt is made of sodium and chlorine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chlorine/#x5)
- Never mix bleach with other cleaners. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chlorine/#x6)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/3-molecules-when-atoms-join-up/9/)
- [Some cleaners must never meet: bleach poured together with an acid toilet cleaner gives off chlorine, a poisonous gas.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/25-cleaning-chemicals-safety/4/)
- [Chlorine is put in pool water to kill germs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/249-cricket-rugby-basketball-and-hockey/16/)
- [Swimming goggles stop the chlorine in pool water from stinging your eyes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/249-cricket-rugby-basketball-and-hockey/17/)
- [Red, stinging pool eyes are often caused by chloramines, made when chlorine mixes with sweat and wee in the water.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/58-posture-and-eyes-for-sporty-kids/7/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «chlorine» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chlorine/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.