NOUN | substance | fluoride | a salt of hydrofluoric acid |
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Sounds | flao'ray.d; fluh'ray.d | |
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Rhymes | abide ... Yuletide: 172 rhymes with ayd... |
Meaning | A salt of hydrofluoric acid. | |
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Narrower | boron trifluoride | A pungent colorless gas |
hydrogen fluoride | A colorless poisonous corrosive liquid / liquid made by the action of sulphuric acid on calcium fluoride | |
stannous fluoride | A white powder that is used to fluoridate toothpaste | |
sulfur hexafluoride, sulphur hexafluoride | A colorless gas that is soluble in alcohol and ether | |
Broader | halide | A salt of any halogen acid |
Spanish | fluoruro | |
Catalan | fluorur | |
Verbs | fluoridate, fluoridize | subject to fluoridation |
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