bromide Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any of the salts of hydrobromic acid; formerly used as a sedative but now generally replaced by safer drugs
  2. noun a trite or obvious remark
    banality; platitude; cliche; commonplace.

WordNet


Bro"mide noun
Definitions
  1. (Chem.) A compound of bromine with a positive radical.

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