chem

English Online Dictionary. What means chem‎? What does chem mean?

English

Etymology

Clippings.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɛm/
• Rhymes: -ɛm

Noun

chem (countable and uncountable, plural chems)

1. (uncountable, university slang, often capitalized) Clipping of chemistry (“branch of natural science”); usually referring to the subject or the department.
2. (countable, informal, often in the plural) Clipping of chemical.
   1. A chemical weapon.
   2. A recreational drug.

      Synonyms: see Thesaurus:recreational drug

Derived terms

Adjective

chem (not comparable)

1. (informal) Clipping of chemical.

Derived terms

Further reading

• “chem”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “chems”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.

Anagrams

• Emch, Mech, Mech., mech, mech.

Chinese

Etymology

From clipping of English chemistry.

Pronunciation

Noun

chem

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, colloquial) chemistry

See also

• phy chem bio

Romanian

Verb

chem

1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of chema