BROMIDE
Scrabble letter values: B3R1O1M3I1D2E1 = 12
Definition
- noun any of the salts of hydrobromic acid.
- noun a trite or obvious remark. — synonyms: platitude, cliche, banality, commonplace
Examples
- “formerly used as a sedative but now generally replaced by safer drugs”
- “My adviser at college was a bromide who had not had an original thought in years.”
- “We hoped the speech would include reassurances, but instead it was merely one bromide after another.”