Oxide
/ˈɑksaɪd/ noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A binary chemical compound of oxygen with another chemical element. countable, uncountable
"Most metals, when subjected to heat until they become melted, combine with oxygen of the atmosphere, and form what are called oxides."
- 2 any compound of oxygen with another element or a radical wordnet
Example
More examples"What made the comedian's audience laugh so uncontrollably that night was a convenient nitrous oxide leak."
Etymology
Archaic French oxide (now oxyde), from a blend of ox(ygene) and (ac)ide, coined by G. de Morveau and A. Lavoisier. By surface analysis, ox- + -ide.