Ozone
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈəʊzəʊn/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Ozone is a noun meaning (British, informal) Fresh air, especially that breathed at the seaside and smelling of seaweed.
Meaning
(British, informal) Fresh air, especially that breathed at the seaside and smelling of seaweed.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To treat with ozone.
- (inorganic chemistry) An allotrope of oxygen (symbol O₃) having three atoms in the molecule instead of the usual two; it is a toxic gas, generated from oxygen by electrical discharge.
Example Sentences
It's got the lot: fresh sea air, ozone, seaweed. You could cut the air with a knife.
I worked nonstop to make the house safe. Periodically I ozoned the first-floor bathroom, but it still made us sick.
To Ramsgate baths she sped, in quest / Of seaweed and ozone ; / For seaweed and ozone were best, / They said, to give her tone.
Lightning flashed again, the thunder came a second later. It rained harder. The smell of ozone was strong. You could feel the charge in the air.
Word Forms
- ozones
- ozoning
- ozoned
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include nitrogen, air, tropospheric, stratospheric, atmosphere, coating.
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