heroin

Domain: Universal Words

Part of speech: noun

[U] a powerful illegal drug made from MORPHINE, that some people take for pleasure and can become ADDICTED to: a heroin addict

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This is a English–English dictionary entry.

Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.

This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.

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heroinEnglish›ChineseGetWord Corpus heroinEnglish›UyghurMain Dictionary heroinEnglish›ChineseMain Dictionary

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