hydrochloric
pronunciation
How to pronounce hydrochloric in British English:
UK ['haɪdrə'klɒrɪk]
How to pronounce hydrochloric in American English:
US [ˌhaɪdrə'kloʊrɪk]
Word Origin
- hydrochloric (adj.)
- 1817, in hydrochloric acid (proposed 1814 by Gay-Lussac); see hydro- + chloric (see chlorine).
Example
- 1. Did you put hydrochloric acid in this mug ?
- 2. But extracting and processing them can be dirty , dangerous work , blackening the soil with mine waste and polluting the water with hydrochloric acid and the air with radioactive dust .