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corrosive

UK/kəˈɹəʊsɪv//kəˈɹoʊsɪv/

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corrosive adjective: eating away; having the power of gradually wearing, hanging, or destroying the texture or substance of a body; as the corrosive action of an acid.

corrosive: eating away; having the power of gradually wearing, hanging, or destroying the texture or substance...
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Adjective

corrosive (comparative more corrosive, superlative most corrosive)

  1. Eating away; having the power of gradually wearing, hanging, or destroying the texture or substance of a body; as the corrosive action of an acid.
  2. Having the quality of fretting or vexing.
    • Care is no cure, but corrosive.1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
  3. Destroying or undermining something gradually.

Noun

corrosive (plural corrosives)

  1. That which has the quality of eating or wearing away gradually.
  2. Any solid, liquid or gas capable of irreparably harming living tissues or damaging material on contact.

corrosive meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

corrosive in Hindi

क्षयकारी, संक्षारक

corrosive in Tamil

அரிக்கும், அரித்தழிக்கும்

corrosive in Marathi

क्षयकारी

corrosive in Urdu

قارذ, تباہ کن, زنگ لگانے والا, زچ کرنے والا
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corrosive in Bengali
ক্ষয়কারী, দংশক
corrosive in Malayalam
ക്ഷാര, പ്രഖര, ക്ഷാരകം, ദാഹകം
corrosive in Gujarati
સડો પાડનાર, સડો કરનાર, ક્ષયકારી
corrosive in Odia
କ୍ଷଯ଼କାରୀ
corrosive in Sanskrit
क्षार kṣāra
corrosive in Nepali
क्षयकारी, क्षरणकारी
corrosive in Vietnamese
ăn mòn

Synonyms of corrosive

Forms of corrosive

Adjective
comparativemore corrosive
superlativemost corrosive
Noun
pluralcorrosives

Origin of corrosive

From Old French corrosif.

Words formed from corrosive

Questions about corrosive

What does corrosive mean?
Corrosive means eating away; having the power of gradually wearing, hanging, or destroying the texture or substance of a body; as the corrosive action of an acid.
What is corrosive in Hindi?
Corrosive in Hindi is क्षयकारी, संक्षारक. See Corrosive meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is corrosive?
Corrosive can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce corrosive?
Corrosive is pronounced /kəˈɹəʊsɪv/ (UK).

Words near corrosive in the dictionary

  1. corrosible
  2. corrosion
  3. corrosional
  4. corrosionproof
  5. corrosions
  6. corrosive
  7. corrosive sublimate
  8. corrosively
  9. corrosiveness
  10. corrosives
  11. corrosivity

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: corrosive (page history and authors); corrosive (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); corrosive (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); corrosive (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); corrosive (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); corrosive (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); corrosive (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); corrosive (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); corrosive (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); क्षार (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); corrosive (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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