oxide
noun/ˈɒksaɪd/
/ˈɑːksaɪd/
[uncountable, countable] (chemistry)- a compound of oxygen and another chemical element
- iron oxide
- an oxide of tin
Oxford Collocations DictionaryOxide is used after these nouns:- metal
Word Originlate 18th cent.: from French, from oxygène ‘oxygen’ + -ide (as in acide ‘acid’).Definitions on the go
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