cyanide
English Thesaurus
1. an extremely poisonous salt of hydrocyanic acid (noun.substance)
| hypernym | : | salt, |
| definition | : | a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal) (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | sodium cyanide, |
| definition | : | a white poisonous salt (NaCN) used in electroplating (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | potassium cyanide, |
| definition | : | a poisonous salt (KCN) used in electroplating and in photography (noun.substance) |
2. any of a class of organic compounds containing the cyano radical -CN (noun.substance)
| hypernym | : | organic compound, |
| definition | : | any compound of carbon and another element or a radical (noun.substance) |
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