From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishchlorinechlo‧rine /ˈklɔːriːn/ noun [uncountable] HCCa greenish-yellow gas with a strong smell that is used to keep the water in swimming pools clean. It is a chemical element: symbol Cl
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chlorine• It showed how much lead and chlorine was in it.• Exposed to sun and chlorine for six to seven hours a day, they pile on anything that will protect their skin.• Water treatment facilities are non-existent in the area, with chemicals such as chlorine unobtainable to stop the outbreak.• They are about 8 microns in diameter and probably consist largely of chlorides, that is, of compounds containing chlorine.• My eyes were stinging from the chlorine.• But only a small number of cases have actually been linked to chlorine by-products.• The familiar dark soured then stung with chlorine.Origin chlorine (1800-1900) Greek chloros “greenish yellow” 