sulfur

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A bright yellow chemical element (symbol S) with a strong smell, used in matches, gunpowder, and many industrial products.

   The air near the volcano smelled strongly of sulfur.

2. 2
   verb

   To treat something with sulfur, especially to preserve food or protect crops from pests.

   Farmers often sulfur the vines to keep insects away.

3. 3
   adj

   Of a yellowish-green colour, like sulfur.

   The bird had bright sulfur feathers on its chest.

Common collocations

• sulfur bacteria Noun + noun

Etymology tree Latin sulpur Latin sulfur Latin sulphur Anglo-Norman sulfrebor. Middle English sulphur English sulfur From Middle English sulphur, borrowed from Anglo-Norman sulfre, from Latin sulfur, from sulpur itself of uncertain origin. Displaced Old English swefl and largely displaced brimstone.

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