ALL meanings of peroxide
per·ox·ide
P p - noun peroxide chemical compound used as bleach 1
- noun peroxide Chemistry. hydrogen peroxide, H 2 O 2 or H–O–O–H. a compound containing the bivalent group –O 2 –, derived from hydrogen peroxide, as sodium peroxide, Na 2 O 2 , or dimethyl peroxide, C 3 H 6 O 2 . the oxide of an element that contains an unusually large amount of oxygen. 1
- verb with object peroxide to use peroxide as a bleaching agent on (especially the hair). 1
- variable noun peroxide Peroxide is a chemical that is often used for making hair lighter in colour. It can also be used to kill germs. 0
- noun peroxide short for hydrogen peroxide, esp when used for bleaching hair 0
- noun peroxide any of a class of metallic oxides, such as sodium peroxide, Na2O2, that contain the divalent ion –O-O– 0
- noun peroxide any of certain dioxides, such as manganese peroxide, MnO2, that resemble peroxides in their formula but do not contain the –O-O– ion 0
- noun peroxide any of a class of organic compounds whose molecules contain two oxygen atoms bound together. They tend to be explosive 0
- noun peroxide of, relating to, bleached with, or resembling peroxide 0
- verb peroxide to bleach (the hair) with peroxide 0
- noun peroxide any oxide containing the O2 group in which the two atoms of oxygen are linked by a single bond; specif., hydrogen peroxide 0
- verb transitive peroxide to treat with a peroxide; esp. to bleach (hair, etc.) with hydrogen peroxide 0
- adjective peroxide bleached with hydrogen peroxide 0