Chloride Meaning
/ˈklɔːˌɹaɪd/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounAny binary compound of chlorine and another element or radical.
nounAny binary compound of chlorine and another element or radical., Any salt of hydrochloric acid.
Sentence Examples
Silver chloride is not completely water-soluble.
In culinary, can you substitute sodium bromide for sodium chloride?
CEFR Practice Quiz
Sodium ____ is commonly used to preserve food items.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Sodium ____ is the chemical name for the common salt we use today.
Word Origin & History
From chlor(ine) + -ide, coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1812.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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 parturition. […] Eight of the nine females who were anosmic at parturition but could smell at reintroduction accepted their own offspring, as well as alien young during reinstatement."
— 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, page 149:
"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:
"McCoy’s team, including 66 researchers across four continents, found the salt and minerals left behind as water on Bennu, or its larger parent asteroid, evaporated. 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,’ scientists say”, in CNN:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Sodium ____ is commonly used to preserve food items.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Sodium ____ is the chemical name for the common salt we use today.