Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To combine or impregnate with phosphorus.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb (Chem.) To impregnate, or combine, with phosphorus or its compounds.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb to
combine or treat withphosphorus ; tophosphorize
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Iraq has vast and untapped mineral deposits located throughout its various provinces and regions, offering unrivalled opportunities for the extraction of key minerals such as sulphur, phosphorate, salt, gypsum, limestone and ironstone, as well as range of metallic minerals.
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