'Bromide' definitions:
Definition of 'bromide'
From: WordNet
noun
Any of the salts of hydrobromic acid; formerly used as a sedative but now generally replaced by safer drugs
noun
Definition of 'Bromide'
From: 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] Bromide paper
Synonyms of 'bromide'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abstraction,
- banality,
- chestnut,
- cliche,
- commonplace,
- commonplace expression,
- corn,
- familiar tune,
- general idea,
- generalization,
- generalized proposition,
- glittering generality,
- hackneyed expression,
- hackneyed saying,
- lieu commun,
- locus communis,
- old joke,
- old saw,
- old song,
- old story,
- platitude,
- prosaicism,
- prosaism,
- prose,
- reiteration,
- retold story,
- rubber stamp,
- shibboleth,
- stereotyped saying,
- sweeping statement,
- tag,
- tired cliche,
- trite saying,
- triticism,
- truism,
- twice-told tale
Bromide, OK -- U.S. town in Oklahoma
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Bromide, OK -- U.S. town in Oklahoma
Population (2000) :
163
Housing Units (2000) :
80
Land area (2000) :
0.669281 sq. miles (1.733430 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.669281 sq. miles (1.733430 sq. km)
FIPS code :
09150
Located within :
Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
Location :
34.417909 N, 96.494569 W
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.