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chloroform

The definition of chloroform is a clear, toxic liquid that can be used as a cooling agent, as a solvent or as an anesthetic.

(noun)

An example of chloroform is a liquid used to keep your refrigerator cold.
An example of chloroform is a liquid used to get the morphine out of a poppy plant.
An example of chloroform is what is used in movies to knock someone out in a kidnapping.

See chloroform in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a toxic, carcinogenic, colorless, volatile liquid, CHCl, with a sweet taste, used as a solvent, fumigant, etc. and, formerly, as a general anesthetic

Origin: Fr chloroforme: see chloro- & formyl

transitive verb

to anesthetize with chloroform
to kill with chloroform

See chloroform in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A clear, colorless, heavy, sweet-smelling liquid, CHCl₃, used in refrigerants, propellants, and resins, as a solvent, and sometimes as an anesthetic. Chloroform, once widely used in human and veterinary surgery, has generally been replaced by less toxic, more easily controlled agents.

transitive verb chlo·ro·formed, chlo·ro·form·ing, chlo·ro·forms