Oxygen

Quick meaning: Oxygen is a noun meaning (loose but very common, even in formal use) Molecular oxygen (O₂), a colorless, odorless gas at room temperature.

Meaning

(loose but very common, even in formal use) Molecular oxygen (O₂), a colorless, odorless gas at room temperature.

More Meanings

1. (medicine) A mixture of oxygen and other gases, administered to a patient to help them breathe.
2. (countable) An atom of this element.
3. (figurative) A condition or environment in which something can thrive.
4. The chemical element (symbol O) with an atomic number of 8 and relative atomic mass of 15.9994. It is a colorless and odorless gas. Sometimes called elemental oxygen to distinguish it from molecular oxygen.

Example Sentences

Meronym: oxygen (strict sense)

Silence is the oxygen of shame.

About 21% of the air you breathe is oxygen.

Holonyms: dioxygen, O₂, oxygen (loose sense)

Word Forms

• oxygens

Synonyms for oxygen

Depending on context, synonyms include sourstuff, dioxygen, o.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include o, hydrogen, peroxide, oxygenation, oxygenate, air.

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