Search Result for "chloride of lime":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a white powder comprised of calcium hydroxide and chloride and hypochlorite and used to bleach and/or disinfect;
[syn: bleaching powder, chlorinated lime, chloride of lime]


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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

chloride of lime n 1: a white powder comprised of calcium hydroxide and chloride and hypochlorite and used to bleach and/or disinfect [syn: bleaching powder, chlorinated lime, chloride of lime]