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corrodants

corrodants is the plural of corrodant.

Meaning of corrodant

Noun

corrodant (plural corrodants)

  1. (rare) A corrosive agent; a corrodent.
    • I understand that a complete transmutation takes place in the iron; it gradually becomes incrusted with the copper, whilst at the same time the acids act as a corrodant; so that a piece of iron thrown in, after a certain time, comes out copper, but whether weight for weight, or size for size, I do...1835, Thomas Greene Fessenden, editor, The New England Farmer, XIII, № 5, page 37/3

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Questions about corrodants

What is corrodants the plural of?
Corrodants is the plural of corrodant.

Words near corrodants in the dictionary

  1. corroborees
  2. corrobories
  3. corrobory
  4. corrodable
  5. corrodant
  6. corrodants
  7. corrode
  8. corroded
  9. corrodent
  10. corrodents
  11. corroder

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