sodium fluoride

US/ˌsoʊ.di.əm ˈflʊɹˌaɪd/

noun

A crystalline salt NaF that is used in trace amounts in the fluoridation of drinking water and toothpastes, in metallurgy, as a flux, and as a pesticide.

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Meanings

nounsodium fluoride (uncountable)
  1. uncountablechemistryA crystalline salt NaF that is used in trace amounts in the fluoridation of drinking water and toothpastes, in metallurgy, as a flux, and as a pesticide.
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