A binary compound of chlorine with another element or radical; as, chloride of sodium (common salt). [1913 Webster]
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. --