The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Chloride \Chlo"ride\, n. (Chem.)
   A binary compound of chlorine with another element or
   radical; as, chloride of sodium (common salt).
   [1913 Webster]

   Chloride of ammonium, sal ammoniac.

   Chloride of lime, bleaching powder; a grayish white
      substance, CaOCl2, used in bleaching and disinfecting;
      -- called more properly calcium hypochlorite. See
      Hypochlorous acid, under Hypochlorous.

   Mercuric chloride, corrosive sublimate.
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