oxide

«oxide» in Mova's school dictionary: A chemical made when another element joins with oxygen:… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (an oxide, oxides)

meaning for a pupil

(science) A chemical made when another element joins with oxygen: rust is iron oxide; water is hydrogen oxide. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons oxides appear when things burn or rust: carbon dioxide (from burning and breathing), iron oxide (rust), zinc oxide (in sun cream). Phrases: «iron oxide», «carbon dioxide», «zinc oxide».

examples

• Rust is a kind of iron oxide. tree →
• Zinc oxide is in some sun creams. tree →
• When metals burn, they make oxides. tree →
• Carbon dioxide is an oxide of carbon. tree →
• Aluminium has a thin oxide layer that protects it. tree →

note

Use «an»: an oxide. Countable. «Di-» in dioxide means two oxygen atoms.

In the corpora

• Mars looks red because its dust contains iron oxide, the same kind of substance as rust.
• Mars looks red because its surface dust and rocks contain iron oxide, which is rust.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «oxide» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.