chloride
/ˈklɔɹˌaɪd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.39 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
- "The Renew is also free of polyvinyl chloride, asbestos, chlorofluorocarbons and halons."
- "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."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: *ǵʰelh₃-
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈklɔɹˌaɪd/
- British English: /ˈklɔːˌɹaɪd/
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
allylchloride
ammoniochloride
aurochloride
benzenediazochloride
bichloride
chloridaemia
chloridate
chlorider
chloridic
chloridise
chloridize
chloridometer