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bromide Definition


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bromide
noun
    1. chem.
      Any chemical compound that is a salt of hydrobromic acid, including various compounds used medicinally as sedatives, and silver bromide, which is used to coat photographic film.
    2. rather formal or old use
      A much-used and now meaningless statement or phrase; a platitude.
      Thesaurus: banality, cliché, commonplace, platitude, truism, stereotype.
Etymology: 19c: bromine + -ide.



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