1. relating to or containing bromine
Usage: chemistry; technical

1. a bromide compound, especially one used in medicine or photography
Usage: chemistry; informal
2. a person or thing that is dull, boring, or unoriginal
Usage: slang; informal

Examples

• The chemist added a bromo compound to the solution.
• Bromos were commonly used in early photography.
• That joke is such a bromo—I've heard it a hundred times.
• The bromo element has atomic number 35.
• He's kind of a bromo at parties; he never says anything interesting.