CARBIDE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A binary compound of carbon with a more electropositive element

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("carbide" is a kind of...):

inorganic compound (any compound that does not contain carbon)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "carbide"):

calcium carbide (a grey salt of calcium (CaC) used in making acetylene)

silicon carbide (an extremely hard blue-black crystalline compound (SiC) used as an abrasive and a heat refractory material; crystals of silicon carbide can be used as semiconductors)

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