Chloride
Chloride , noun
(Chemistry) A binary compound of chlorine with another element or radical; as, chloride of sodium (common salt).
Collocations (3)
Chloride of ammonium , sal ammoniac.
Chloride of lime , bleaching powder; a grayish white substance, CaOCl2, used in bleaching and disinfecting; -- called more properly calcium hypochlorite. See Hypochlorous acid, under Hypochlorous.
Mercuric chloride , corrosive sublimate.