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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
bromide

	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

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
bromide

	bromide
     n 1: any of the salts of hydrobromic acid; used as a sedative
     2: a trite or obvious remark [syn: platitude, cliche, banality,
         commonplace]
     3: a sedative in the form of sodium or potassium bromide

Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
bromide

	36 Moby Thesaurus words for "bromide":
   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

Source: U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
bromide

	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)

Source: U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
bromide

	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
   ZIP Codes (1990):    
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Bromide, OK
    Bromide

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