bromide

About 1.68 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A binary compound of bromine and some other element or radical.
2. noun Any salt of hydrobromic acid.
3. noun The anionic form of a bromine atom.
4. noun A dull person with conventional thoughts.

   My adviser at college was a bromide who had not had an original thought in years.

5. noun A dull person with conventional thoughts.

   My adviser at college was a bromide who had not had an original thought in years.

6. noun A platitude.

   We hoped the speech would include reassurances, but instead it was merely one bromide after another.

7. noun A dose of bromide taken as a sedative, or to reduce sexual appetite.
8. noun A print made on bromide paper.

Similar words

commonplace platitude banality cliche bromate bromine halon cyanogen methyl xylyl

Often followed by

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Word family

bromides