hydroxide
English Thesaurus
1. a chemical compound containing the hydroxyl group (noun.substance)
| hypernym | : | chemical compound, compound, chemical compound, compound, |
| definition | : | (chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight (noun.substance) |
2. a compound of an oxide with water (noun.substance)
| hyponym | : | aluminium hydroxide, aluminum hydroxide, hydrated aluminium oxide, hydrated aluminum oxide, |
| definition | : | white crystalline compound that occurs naturally as the mineral gibbsite (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | calcium hydrate, calcium hydroxide, caustic lime, hydrated lime, lime, lime hydrate, slaked lime, |
| definition | : | a caustic substance produced by heating limestone (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | magnesium hydroxide, |
| definition | : | a white crystalline powder used chiefly in medicines (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | caustic potash, potash, potassium hydroxide, |
| definition | : | a potassium compound often used in agriculture and industry (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | caustic soda, sodium hydroxide, |
| definition | : | a strongly alkaline caustic used in manufacturing soap and paper and aluminum and various sodium compounds (noun.substance) |
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