CALCIUM CARBIDE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A grey salt of calcium (CaC) used in making acetylene

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("calcium carbide" is a kind of...):

binary compound (chemical compound composed of only two elements)

carbide (a binary compound of carbon with a more electropositive element)

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