transcription, транскрипция: [ æsɪd ]
( acids)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
An acid is a chemical substance, usually a liquid, which contains hydrogen and can react with other substances to form salts. Some acids burn or dissolve other substances that they come into contact with.
...citric acid...
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2.
An acid substance contains acid.
These shrubs must have an acid, lime-free soil.
ADJ
• acid‧ity
...the acidity of rainwater.
N-UNCOUNT : oft N of n
3.
The drug LSD is sometimes referred to as acid . ( INFORMAL )
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4.
see also amino acid , hydrochloric acid , nitric acid , nucleic acid , sulphuric acid