Chemicals ˈkemɪkl Noun Bre Farmers Urged Reduce Work

• farmers are being urged to reduce their use of chemicals and work with nature to combat pests.
• we don’t use many chemicals on our farm these days.
• chemicals discharged by industry into our lakes and rivers
• pollution from a big chemical plant

chemical

1. a substance obtained by or used in a chemical process
• Farmers are being urged to reduce their use of chemicals and work with nature to combat pests.

Extra Examples

• We don’t use many chemicals on our farm these days.
• chemicals discharged by industry into our lakes and rivers
• pollution from a big chemical plant
• Hormones are chemicals that are released in the body and control many important functions.
• This chemical is often used to make cleaning products.

Word Origin

• late 16th cent.: from French chimique or modern Latin chimicus, chymicus, from medieval Latin alchymicus, from alchimia, from Arabic al-kīmiyā', from al ‘the’ + kīmiyā' (from Greek khēmia, khēmeia ‘art of transmuting metals’).