prussic acid

1. 1.

   a solution of hydrogen cyanide in water; weak solutions are used in fumigating and in the synthesis of organic compounds

   Synonymshydrocyanic acid

   Broaderacid

Questions about prussic acid

What does prussic acid mean?

prussic acid means "a solution of hydrogen cyanide in water; weak solutions are used in fumigating and in the synthesis of organic compounds".

What is another word for prussic acid?

Close synonyms include hydrocyanic acid. 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 prussic acid a common word?

prussic acid is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.