Chloride

n.
  1. A binary compound of chlorine with another element or radical; as, chloride of sodium (common salt).
    2. Chloride of ammonium ,
    sal ammoniac.
    Chloride of lime ,
    bleaching powder; a grayish white substance, CaOCl2, used in bleaching and disinfecting; -- called more properly calcium hypochlorite. See Hypochlorous acid, under Hypochlorous.
    Mercuric chloride ,
    corrosive sublimate.