haloid

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adjective

Resembling salt; said of certain binary compounds consisting of a metal united to a negative element or radical, and now chiefly applied to the chlorides, bromides, iodides, and sometimes the fluorides and cyanides.

“haloid salt”

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Meanings

adjectivehaloid (not comparable)
  1. not comparablechemistryResembling salt; said of certain binary compounds consisting of a metal united to a negative element or radical, and now chiefly applied to the chlorides, bromides, iodides, and sometimes the fluorides and cyanides.

    haloid salt

nounhaloid (plural haloids)

plural haloids

  1. chemistryAny haloid substance.

Origin

From halo- + -oid.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Hoidaldihalo
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APA

haloid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/haloid

MLA

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Chicago

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