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Bromide

Bromide Meaning & Definition
Bromide Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Bromide?

[n] a sedative in the form of sodium or potassium bromide
[n] a trite or obvious remark
[n] any of the salts of hydrobromic acid; used as a sedative

Synonyms | Synonyms for Bromide: banality | cliche | commonplace | platitude

Related Terms | Find terms related to Bromide: abstraction | banality | chestnut | cliche | commonplace | commonplace expression | corn | familiar tune | general idea | generalization | generalized proposition | glittering generality | hackneyed expression | hackneyed saying | lieu commun | locus communis | old joke | old saw | old song | old story | platitude | prosaicism | prosaism | prose | reiteration | retold story | rubber stamp | shibboleth | stereotyped saying | sweeping statement | tag | tired cliche | trite saying | triticism | truism | twice-told tale

See Also | comment | depressant | downer | halide | hydrogen bromide | methyl bromide | remark | sedative | sedative drug | silver bromide | truism

Bromide In Webster's Dictionary

\Bro"mide\, n. (Chem.) A compound of bromine with a positive radical.
\Bro"mide\, n. A person who is conventional and commonplace in his habits of thought and conversation. [Slang] -- {Bro*mid"ic}, a. [Slang] The bromide conforms to everythyng sanctioned by the majority, and may be depended upon to be trite, banal, and arbitrary. --Gelett Burgess.
\Bromide\, or Bromid paper \Bromid, paper\ (Photog.) A sensitized paper coated with gelatin impregnated with bromide of silver, used in contact printing and in enlarging.

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