chlorobenzene
noun
chlorobenzene is a noun meaning “Any derivative of benzene in which one or more hydrogen atoms is replaced by chlorine; but especially the simplest such derivative C₆H₅Cl that is…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled C-H-L-O-R-O-B-E-N-Z-E-N-E, and it appears about once in every 69 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of chlorobenzene is chlorobenzenes.
What does chlorobenzene mean?
noun
- 1
Any derivative of benzene in which one or more hydrogen atoms is replaced by chlorine; but especially the simplest such derivative C₆H₅Cl that is used in the manufacture of phenol, aniline and other compounds
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of chlorobenzene
- chlorobenzenes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is chlorobenzene?
Chlorobenzene appears about once in every 69 million words in written English, the 262,293rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does chlorobenzene come from?
From chloro- + benzene.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).