Meaning of BROMIDE
| Pronunciation: | | 'browmId
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- [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
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| | Synonyms: | | banality, cliche, commonplace, platitude |
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| | See Also: | | comment, depressant, downer, halide, hydrogen bromide, methyl bromide, remark, sedative, sedative drug, silver bromide, truism | |
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\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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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