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chloride

/ˈklɔːˌɹaɪd/US/ˈklɔɹˌaɪd/

chloride noun: any binary compound of chlorine and another element or radical.

Noun

chloride (plural chlorides)

  1. Any binary compound of chlorine and another element or radical.
    1. Any salt of hydrochloric acid.
      • Another type, also common in the Taipei area has more chlorides than sulfates, and while it is also hot, its flavor is more salty than sour. The springs at Chinshan on the north coast are typical of this type.1982 February 21, “Wulai: Hot springs resort with treasury of culture”, in Free China Weekly, volume XXII, number 7, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2, column 2
      • Klopfer and Gamble (1966) gave 16 female goats (C. hircus) 5 min of contact with their young at parturition. Nine of the mothers had been temporarily rendered anosmic (could not smell) at parturition by spraying a 10% cocaine hydrogen chloride solution into their nostrils 20–90 min prior to...2008, Edward O. Price, “Maternal and Neonatal Behavior”, in Principles and Applications of Domestic Animal Behavior: An Introductory Text, Wallingford, Oxfordshire; Cambridge, Mass.: CABI, →ISBN...
  2. The anionic form of a chlorine atom.

chloride meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

chloride in Hindi

any salt of hydrochloric acid
नीरजिक nīrjik

chloride in Tamil

any salt of hydrochloric acid
குளோரைடு kuḷōraiṭu

chloride in Marathi

क्लोराईड, क्लोराइड

chloride in Urdu

کلورائڈ, کلورائیڈ, کلورایڈ
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chloride in Bengali
ক্লোরাইড, কলোরাইড
chloride in Telugu
క్లోరైడు klōraiḍu
chloride in Malayalam
ക്ലോറൈഡ്, ക്ലോരൈഡ്
chloride in Kannada
ಕ್ಲೋರೈಡ್
chloride in Punjabi
ਕਲੋਰਾਈਡ, ਕਲੋਰਾਇਡ
chloride in Gujarati
ક્લોરાઇડ, ક્લોરાઈડ, કલોરાઇડ
chloride in Odia
କ୍ଲୋରାଇଡ୍, କ୍ଲୋରାଇଡ, କ୍ଲୋରାଇଡ଼
chloride in Nepali
क्लोराइड, क्लोराईड
chloride in Arabic
كُلُورِيد kulūrīd
chloride in Malay
klorida
chloride in Indonesian
klorida

Examples of chloride in a sentence

  • The Renew is also free of polyvinyl chloride, asbestos, chlorofluorocarbons and halons.2009 February 12, Azadeh Ensha, “A Cellphone That Is Made With the Environment in Mind”, in The New York Times:
  • The minerals include sodium phosphates, carbonates, sulfates, chlorides and fluorides, some of which are necessary to the formation of life.2025 January 29, Ashley Strickland, “Historic asteroid sample reveals the ‘building blocks of life are in fact extraterrestrial in origin,’...

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Synonyms of chloride

Forms of chloride

pluralchlorides

Plural of chloride: chlorides

Origin of chloride

From chlor(ine) + -ide, coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1812.

Words formed from chloride

Phrases with chloride

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Words that rhyme with chloride

Questions about chloride

What does chloride mean?
Chloride means any binary compound of chlorine and another element or radical.
What is chloride in Hindi?
Chloride in Hindi is नीरजिक (nīrjik). See Chloride meaning in Hindi.
How do you use chloride in a sentence?
The Renew is also free of polyvinyl chloride, asbestos, chlorofluorocarbons and halons.
What part of speech is chloride?
Chloride is a noun.
How do you pronounce chloride?
Chloride is pronounced /ˈklɔːˌɹaɪd/ (UK).
What is the plural of chloride?
The plural of chloride is chlorides.

Words near chloride in the dictionary

  1. chloridaemia
  2. chloridate
  3. chloridated
  4. chloridates
  5. chloridating
  6. chloride
  7. chloride of lime
  8. chloride shift
  9. chloride shifts
  10. chlorides
  11. chloridic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chloride (page history and authors); chloride (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); chloride (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); chloride (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); క్లోరైడు (Telugu) (page history and authors); chloride (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); chloride (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); chloride (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); chloride (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); chloride (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); chloride (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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