mercury
(noun)
noun
1. a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures
Similar word(s): hydrargyrum, quicksilver
Definition categories: substance, metal
2. (Roman mythology) messenger of Jupiter and god of commerce; counterpart of Greek Hermes
Definition categories: person
3. the smallest planet and the nearest to the sun
Definition categories: object
4. temperature measured by a mercury thermometer
- the mercury was falling rapidly
Definition categories: attribute, temperature
Sentences with mercury as a noun:
- The mercury there has averaged 37.6C, 2.3C above the February norm.