Noun: bromide 'brow,mId
- Any of the salts of hydrobromic acid; formerly used as a sedative but now generally replaced by safer drugs
"In the past, bromides were prescribed to treat anxiety"
- A trite or obvious remark
"His speech was full of bromides about hard work and perseverance";
- platitude, cliché, banality, commonplace
Derived forms: bromides
Type of: comment, halide, input, remark, truism
Encyclopedia: Bromide, Oklahoma