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corrosives

corrosives is the plural of corrosive.

Meaning of corrosive

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.

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Questions about corrosives

What is corrosives the plural of?
Corrosives is the plural of corrosive.

Words near corrosives in the dictionary

  1. corrosions
  2. corrosive
  3. corrosive sublimate
  4. corrosively
  5. corrosiveness
  6. corrosives
  7. corrosivity
  8. Corrothers
  9. corroupt
  10. Corrour
  11. corroval

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