oxygen

Noun

Meaning

A colorless, tasteless, odorless, gaseous element occurring in the free state in the atmosphere, of which it forms about 23 per cent by weight and about 21 per cent by volume, being slightly heavier than nitrogen. Symbol O. Atomic weight 15.96.

Chlorine used in bleaching.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

o krypton air gas base xenon bismuth fume element carbon atmosphere wind hydrogen silver copper
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Antonyms

liquid hypoxia carbon dioxide

Hypernyms

gas element chemical element

Hyponyms

lox liquid oxygen

Related terms

oxide ozone oxygenate hydroxyl oxytocic oxygenation

Phrases with the word

quit the oxygen habit oxygen-free oxygen deprivation oxygen starvation oxygen-hemoglobin feeling of not enough oxygen

Anagrams

oxgyen

Examples

Freedom is the oxygen of the soul. Moshe Dayan

Democratic nations must try to find ways to starve the terrorist and the hijacker of the oxygen of publicity on which they depend. Margaret Thatcher

Mars is essentially in the same orbit. Mars is somewhat the same distance from the Sun, which is very important. We have seen pictures where there are canals, we believe, and water. If there is water, that means there is oxygen. If there is oxygen, then w. Dan Quayle

Information is the oxygen of the modern age. Ronald Reagan

The animals of the planet are in desperate peril... Without free animal life I believe we will lose the spiritual equivalent of oxygen. Alice Walker

Usage is like oxygen for ideas. Matt Mullenweg

Close letter words and terms

oxyfuel oxyfunctionalization oxygal oxygen absence oxygen acid oxygen bar