[1214] corrosive

[보카길라잡이]

adj.

1. Having the capability or tendency to cause corrosion: a corrosive acid.
2. Gradually destructive; steadily harmful: corrosive anxiety; corrosive increases in prices; a corrosive narcotics trade.
3. Spitefully sarcastic: corrosive criticism; corrosive wit.

n.

A substance having the capability or tendency to cause corrosion.

corrosive

adj : of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action [syn: caustic, erosive, vitriolic]

n : a substance having the tendency to cause corrosion (such a strong acids or alkali)

-  corrode

v 1: cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid; "The acid corroded the metal"; "The steady dripping of water rusted the metal stopper in the sink" [syn: eat, rust]

2: become destroyed by water, air, or an etching chemical such as an acid; "The metal corroded"; "The pipes rusted" [syn: rust]

 - corrosion

n 1: a state of deterioration in metals caused by oxidation or chemical action

2: erosion by chemical action [syn: corroding, erosion]

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<관련어휘: 어근 rod (=gnaw)>

erode

v 1: become ground down or deteriorate; "Her confidence eroded" [syn: gnaw, gnaw at, eat at, wear away]

2: remove soil or rock; "Rain eroded the terraces" [syn: eat away, fret]

 -  erosive

adj 1: wearing away by friction; "the erosive effects of waves on the shoreline"

2: of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action [syn: caustic, corrosive, vitriolic]

[마스터현태]

corrosive A. 부식(침식)성의 , 부식하는

[정사랑]

침식성의, 부식하는

[시가스팔공]

부식하는, 부식성의 =erosive