hydrogen bond noun : a linkage through hydrogen of two electronegative atoms especially fluorine, oxygen, or nitrogen with one side of the linkage usually being a conventional covalent bond (as the −O−H bond in water H−O−H or alcohol R−O−H) and the other side being primarily electrostatic in character < the stable hydrogen fluoride ion HF2- or [F-H+F-]- is held together by a hydrogen bond > — see association 7