oxide

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈɒksaɪd/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈɑksaɪd, -sɪd/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(oksīd, -sid)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
ox•ide /ˈɑksaɪd, -sɪd/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Chemistrya chemical compound in which oxygen is bonded to one or more atoms.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
ox•ide  (oksīd, -sid),USA pronunciation n. [Chem.]
  1. Chemistrya compound in which oxygen is bonded to one or more electropositive atoms.
Also, ox•id  (oksid).USA pronunciation 
  • French (now oxyde), blend of, blended oxygène and acide. See oxygen, acid
  • 1780–90;
ox•id•ic  (ok sidik),USA pronunciation adj. 
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
oxide / ˈɒksaɪd/
  1. any compound of oxygen with another element
  2. any organic compound in which an oxygen atom is bound to two alkyl or aryl groups; an ether or epoxide
Etymology: 18th Century: from French, from ox(ygène) + (ac)ide; see oxygen, acid
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