chlorofluorocarbon

noun

1. 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 atmospheric ozone layer.

noun

1. chem 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 atmosphereAbbreviation: CFC

1. A fluorocarbon containing chlorine. Chlorofluorocarbons are destructive to the Earth’s ozone layer. For this reason, the production and use of chlorofluorocarbons has been sharply reduced in recent years.