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English Dictionary: Bromide by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bromide
n
  1. any of the salts of hydrobromic acid; formerly used as a sedative but now generally replaced by safer drugs
  2. a trite or obvious remark
    Synonym(s): platitude, cliche, banality, commonplace, bromide
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bromide \Bro"mide\, n.
      A person who is conventional and commonplace in his habits of
      thought and conversation. [Slang] -- {Bro*mid"ic}, a. [Slang]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bromide \Bromide\, [or] Bromid paper \Bromid, paper\ (Photog.)
      A sensitized paper coated with gelatin impregnated with
      bromide of silver, used in contact printing and in enlarging.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bromide \Bro"mide\, n. (Chem.)
      A compound of bromine with a positive radical.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Bromide, OK (town, FIPS 9150)
      Location: 34.41782 N, 96.49429 W
      Population (1990): 162 (89 housing units)
      Area: 1.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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