alkyl halide

English Thesaurus

1. organic compound in which halogen atoms have been substituted for hydrogen atoms in an alkane (noun.substance)

hypernym	:	organic compound,
definition	:	any compound of carbon and another element or a radical (noun.substance)

hyponym	:	haloform,
definition	:	compounds with the formula CHX3, where X is a halogen atom (noun.substance)