Real Dictionary

chlorofluorocarbon
countable noun: Chlorofluorocarbons are the same as CFCs.

chlorofluorocarbon in American English
any of various nontoxic, nonflammable halocarbon organic compounds containing carbon, fluorine, chlorine, and hydrogen, used for plastic foam, as a refrigerant, etc.: these compounds are thought to damage the atmosphere
noun: any of several volatile, inert, saturated compounds of carbon, fluorine, chlorine, and hydrogen: used as refrigerants, foam-blowing agents, solvents, and, formerly, as aerosol propellants until scientists became concerned about depletion of the atmospheri

chlorofluorocarbon in British English
noun: any of various gaseous compounds of carbon, hydrogen, chlorine, and fluorine, used as refrigerants, aerosol propellants, solvents, and in foam: some cause a breakdown of ozone in the earth's atmosphere

chlorofluorocarbon in the Pharmaceutical Industry
noun: Chlorofluorocarbons are various compounds consisting of carbon, hydrogen, chlorine, and fluorine, once used widely as aerosol propellants.