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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oxide/#m1)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oxide/#x1)
- Zinc oxide is in some sun creams. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oxide/#x2)
- When metals burn, they make oxides. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oxide/#x3)
- Carbon dioxide is an oxide of carbon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oxide/#x4)
- Aluminium has a thin oxide layer that protects it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oxide/#x5)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/13-rust-irons-slow-fire/21/)
- [Mars looks red because its surface dust and rocks contain iron oxide, which is rust.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/space/8-mars/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «oxide» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oxide/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.