Bromide - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈbrəʊmaɪd|
Brit.
|ˈbrəʊmaɪd|
noun
- any of the salts of hydrobromic acid; formerly used as a sedative but now generally replaced by safer drugs
- a trite or obvious remark (syn: banality, cliche, commonplace, platitude)
- a trite or obvious remark (syn: banality, cliche, commonplace, platitude)
Extra examples
His speech had nothing more to offer than the usual bromides about how everyone needs to work together.
...a newspaper editorial offering the timeworn bromide that people should settle their differences peacefully...
For once Mrs. Baratrie gave way to a bromide. She said: "How good little Clive was!"
Word forms
noun
singular: bromide
plural: bromides
singular: bromide
plural: bromides
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