alkoxide

[ al-kok-sahyd, -sid ]
/ ælˈkɒk saɪd, -sɪd /

noun Chemistry.

a compound formed from an alcohol by the replacement of the hydrogen of the hydroxyl group with a metal, as sodium methoxide, CH3ONa, from methyl alcohol, CH3OH.
Also called alcoholate.

Origin of alkoxide

alk(yl) + ox(y)-2 + -ide

Words nearby alkoxide

alkine, alkmaar, alkmene, alko, alkoran, alkoxide, alkoxy, alky, alkyd, alkyd resin, alkyl