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From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) : [ gazetteer ]


  Bromide, OK (town, FIPS 9150)
    Location: 34.41782 N, 96.49429 W
    Population (1990): 162 (89 housing units)
    Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Bromide \Bro"mide\, n.
     1. (Chem.) A compound of bromine with a positive radical.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A person who is conventional and commonplace in his habits
        of thought and conversation. [Slang]
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
              The bromide conforms to everything sanctioned by the
              majority, and may be depended upon to be trite,
              banal, and arbitrary.                 --Gelett
                                                    Burgess.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     3. a conventional or trite saying; -- often used in the
        phrase ``old bromide''.
        [PJC]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Bromide \Bro"mide\, n.
     A person who is conventional and commonplace in his habits of
     thought and conversation. [Slang] -- Bro*mid"ic, a. [Slang]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Bromide \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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Bromide \Bro"mide\, n. (Chem.)
     A compound of bromine with a positive radical.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  bromide
       n 1: any of the salts of hydrobromic acid; used as a sedative
       2: a trite or obvious remark [syn: platitude, cliche, banality,
           commonplace]
       3: a sedative in the form of sodium or potassium bromide

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  bromide
     n.
     1 (lb en inorganic chemistry) A binary compound of bromine and some
  other element or radical.
     2 A dose of bromide taken as a sedative, or to reduce sexual
  appetite.
     3 (lb en by extension) A dull person with conventional thoughts.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Bromide
     German n.
     (inflection of de Bromid  nom//acc//gen p)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  bromide
     n.
     1 (lb en inorganic chemistry) A binary compound of bromine and some
  other element or radical.
     2 A dose of bromide taken as a sedative, or to reduce sexual
  appetite.
     3 (lb en by extension) A dull person with conventional thoughts.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  bromide
     n.
     1 (lb en inorganic chemistry) A binary compound of bromine and some
  other element or radical.
     2 A dose of bromide taken as a sedative, or to reduce sexual
  appetite.
     3 (lb en by extension) A dull person with conventional thoughts.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Bromide
     German n.
     (inflection of de Bromid  nom//acc//gen p)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  bromide
     n.
     1 (lb en inorganic chemistry) A binary compound of bromine and some
  other element or radical.
     2 A dose of bromide taken as a sedative, or to reduce sexual
  appetite.
     3 (lb en by extension) A dull person with conventional thoughts.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Bromide
     German n.
     (inflection of de Bromid  nom//acc//gen p)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  bromide
     Englanti n.
     1 (''kemia'') bromidi
     2 kulunut sanonta
     3 ikävystyttävä ihminen

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  bromide
     Engelska n.
     (tagg kat=kemi språk=en) bromid

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Bromide
     Tyska n.
     (böjning de subst Bromid)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Bromide /bɹˈəʊmaɪd/
  المهدّئ

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  bromide /bɹˈəʊmaɪd/ 
  bromid

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  bromide /bɹˈəʊmaɪd/ 
  banalita

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  bromide /bɹˈəʊmaɪd/
  klišé