CORROSIVE


Meaning of CORROSIVE in English

adj. & n.

adj. tending to corrode or consume.

n. a corrosive substance. corrosive sublimate mercuric chloride, a strong acid poison, used as a fungicide, antiseptic, etc. corrosively adv. corrosiveness n.

[ ME f. OF corosif -ive (as CORRODE) ]

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