CORROSIVE


Meaning of CORROSIVE in English

adj. & n.

--adj. tending to corrode or consume.

--n. a corrosive substance.

Phrases and idioms:

corrosive sublimate mercuric chloride, a strong acid poison, used as a fungicide, antiseptic, etc.

Derivatives:

corrosively adv. corrosiveness n.

Etymology: ME f. OF corosif -ive (as CORRODE)

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