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corrosive
What does corrosive mean?
corrosive (adjective): of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce corrosive?
/kəˈɹoʊsɪv/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does corrosive come from?
From Old French corrosif.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to corrosive
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “corrosive” mean?
of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action
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offensive to the senses; disgusting, unpleasant, nauseous, especially having an undesirable smell
Not quite: that's what noisome means.
stopping and starting, occurring, or presenting at intervals; coming after a particular time span
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very broad; pertaining or appropriate to large classes or groups as opposed to specific instances
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