Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun carbon_tetrachloride

1 sense of carbon tetrachloride

Sense 1
carbon tetrachloride, carbon tet, tetrachloromethane, perchloromethane -- (a colorless nonflammable liquid used as a solvent for fats and oils; because of its toxicity its use as a cleaning fluid or fire extinguisher has declined)
       => solvent, dissolvent, dissolver, dissolving agent, resolvent -- (a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances; "the solvent does not change its state in forming a solution")
       => tetrachloride -- (any compound that contains four chlorine atoms per molecule)