freon

1. 1.

   any one or more chlorofluorocarbons (or related compounds) that are used as an aerosol propellant, organic solvent, or refrigerant

   Broaderchlorofluorocarbon

   trademark

Other forms of freon

plural

freons·

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 freon

What does freon mean?

freon means "any one or more chlorofluorocarbons (or related compounds) that are used as an aerosol propellant, organic solvent, or refrigerant".

How many syllables are in freon?

freon has 2 syllables: fre-on. The stress falls on "fre". In IPA it is /ˈfɹiɑn/.

Is freon a common word?

freon is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.