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Cornforth

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈkɔːnˌfɔːθ/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(kôrn′fərth, -fôrth′, -fōrth′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
Corn•forth  (kôrn′fərth, -fôrth′, -fōrth′),USA pronunciation n. 
    Sir John War•cup  (wôr′kup),USA pronunciation born 1917, British chemist, born in Australia: Nobel prize 1975.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Cornforth /ˈkɔːnˌfɔːθ/ n
  1. Sir John Warcup. 1917–2014, Australian chemist, who shared the 1975 Nobel prize for chemistry with Vladimir Prelog for their work on stereochemistry
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