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

1 sense of sulfur

Sense 1
sulfur, S, sulphur, atomic number 16 -- (an abundant tasteless odorless multivalent nonmetallic element; best known in yellow crystals; occurs in many sulphide and sulphate minerals and even in native form (especially in volcanic regions))
       => chemical element, element -- (any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb sulfur

1 sense of sulfur

Sense 1
sulphur, sulfur -- (treat with sulphur in order to preserve; "These dried fruits are sulphured")
       => process, treat -- (subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition; "process cheese"; "process hair"; "treat the water so it can be drunk"; "treat the lawn with chemicals" ; "treat an oil spill")