Definition of "carbon monoxide" [carbon monoxide]

• A colorless, odorless, highly poisonous gas, CO, formed by the incomplete combustion of carbon or a carbonaceous material, such as gasoline. (noun)

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• "I applied Haldane’s test, and in my opeenion there was between forty and fifty per cent of carbon monoxide in the bluid."
• "The stink of carbon monoxide and rain in the air and the sound of Edith Keeler's voice."