1. Plural of bromid; a chemical compound containing bromine, especially a salt of hydrobromic acid used in medicine or photography.
Usage: technical; chemistry
2. Plural of bromid; trite or hackneyed statements; platitudes.
Usage: informal; dated

Examples

• The photographer used bromids in the darkroom to develop the prints.
• Potassium bromids were prescribed as sedatives in the early 20th century.
• His speech was full of bromids that nobody found interesting.
• The article repeated the same bromids about success that we've heard a thousand times.
• Silver bromids are light-sensitive compounds used in traditional film photography.