Definitions
Reactive form of oxygen made of three oxygen atoms.
Word origin
From German Ozon, coined 1840 by Christian Friedrich Schönbein, from Ancient Greek ὄζον (ózon), neuter participle of ὄζω (ózō, “I smell”), in reference to its pungent odour.
Used in a sentence
“Lightning flashed again, the thunder came a second later. It rained harder. The smell of ozone was strong. You could feel the charge in the air.”
“To Ramsgate baths she sped, in quest / Of seaweed and ozone ; / For seaweed and ozone were best, / They said, to give her tone.”
“It's got the lot: fresh sea air, ozone, seaweed. You could cut the air with a knife.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Three-oxygen gas”5 letters
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