herbicide

CEFRB2

/ˈhɜːbɪsaɪd/

noun

Türkçe translations

Translating…

In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A chemical used to kill unwanted plants.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A substance used to kill plants.

Examples

  • Ziri bought herbicide to get rid of the ivy.

  • Ziri sprayed the ivy with some herbicide.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
2
Parts of speech
1

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

To kill the stubborn weeds, the farmer applied strong blank to the field.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

Nearby

Origin

noun

From herb + -icide.