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Grammar : Verb
Spell : puh-rok-sahyd
Phonetic Transcription : pəˈrɒk saɪd



Definition of peroxide

Origin :
  • 1804, formed in English from per- "large amount" + oxide. Peroxide blonde is attested from 1918.
  • As in bleach : verb whiten
Example sentences :
  • The lead grid is converted into peroxide of lead and becomes soft.
  • Extract from : « The Automobile Storage Battery » by O. A. Witte
  • Chorus girls are inseparable from peroxide, Panhards and Pittsburg.
  • Extract from : « Strictly Business » by O. Henry
  • She had seen a large bottle of peroxide in Mrs. Cole-Mortimer's room.
  • Extract from : « The Angel of Terror » by Edgar Wallace
  • This may be removed by redistillation with peroxide of manganese.
  • Extract from : « A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines » by Andrew Ure
  • Peroxide of manganese; Braunstein, occurs abundantly in nature.
  • Extract from : « A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines » by Andrew Ure
  • It is a combination of deutoxide and peroxide, with some baryta.
  • Extract from : « A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines » by Andrew Ure
  • Those I use are—Chloride of lime, peroxide of hydrogen, and lysol, 2%.
  • Extract from : « Practical Skunk Raising » by William Edwin Pratt
  • "She must have spilled the peroxide," he said with a grating laugh.
  • Extract from : « The White Shield » by Myrtle Reed
  • Azilian, red archological layer, masses of peroxide of iron.
  • Extract from : « Men of the Old Stone Age » by Henry Fairfield Osborn
  • When ozone is mixed with peroxide of hydrogen, water and oxygen are formed.
  • Extract from : « Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II » by Arnold Cooley

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