chloroform

Other forms of chloroform

plural

chloroforms·

past tense

chloroformed·

present participle

chloroforming·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about chloroform

What does chloroform mean?

chloroform means "a volatile liquid haloform (CHCl3); formerly used as an anesthetic". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in chloroform?

chloroform has 3 syllables: chlo-ro-form. The stress falls on "chlo". In IPA it is /ˈklɔɹəˌfɔɹm/.

What is another word for chloroform?

Close synonyms include trichloromethane. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is chloroform a common word?

chloroform is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with chloroform?

13 words rhyme with chloroform. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.