English-Thai Dictionary

corrosive

ADJ ซึ่ง กัดกร่อน  ซึ่ง ทำให้ ผุพัง  eroding caustic sing-kad-kron

 

corrosive

N สิ่ง กัดกร่อน  เช่น  น้ำกรด  sing-kad-kron-chen-nam-krod

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CORROSIVE

a. 1. Eating; wearing away; having the power of gradually wearing, consuming or impairing; as corrosive sublimate; corrosive care; a corrosive ulcer.
2. Having the quality of fretting or vexing.
Corrosive sublimate, the corrosive muriate or perchloride of mercury.

 

CORROSIVE

n. 1. That which has the quality of eating or wearing gradually.
2. That which has the power of fretting.

 

CORROSIVELY

adv. Like a corrosive; with the power of corrosion; in a corrosive manner.

 

CORROSIVENESS

n.The quality of corroding, eating away or wearing; acrimony.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CORROSIVE

Cor *ro "sive (kr-r "sv ), a. Etym: [Cf. F. corrosif. ]

 

1. Eating away; having the power of gradually wearing, changing, or destroying the texture or substance of a body; as, the corrosive action of an acid. "Corrosive liquors." Grew. "Corrosive famine. "Thomson.

 

2. Having the quality of fretting or vexing. Care is no cure, but corrosive. Shak. Corrosive sublimate (Chem. ), mercuric chloride, HgCl2; so called because obtained by sublimation, and because of its harsh irritating action on the body tissue. Usually it is in the form of a heavy, transparent, crystalline substance, easily soluble, and of an acrid, burning taste. It is a virulent poison, a powerful antiseptic, and an exellent antisyphilitic; called also mercuric bichloride. It is to be carefully distinguished from calomel, the mild chloride of mercury.

 

CORROSIVE

CORROSIVE Cor *ro "sive, n.

 

1. That which has the quality of eating or wearing away gradually. [Corrosives ] act either directly, by chemically destroying the part, or indirectly by causing inflammation and gangrene. Dunglison.

 

2. That which has the power of fretting or irritating. Such speeches... are grievous corrosives. Hooker. -- Cor *ro "sive *ly, adv. -- Cor *ro "sive *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

corrosive

cor ro sive |kəˈrōsiv, -ziv kəˈroʊsɪv | ▶adjective tending to cause corrosion. ▶noun a corrosive substance. DERIVATIVES cor ro sive ly adverb, cor ro sive ness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French corosif, -ive, from medieval Latin corrosivus, from Latin corros- ‘gnawed through, ’ from the verb corrodere (see corrode ).

 

corrosive sublimate

cor ro sive sub li mate ▶noun rare another term for mercuric chloride.

 

Oxford Dictionary

corrosive

cor |ro ¦sive |kəˈrəʊsɪv | ▶adjective tending to cause corrosion: the corrosive effects of salt water. ▶noun a corrosive substance. DERIVATIVES corrosively adverb, corrosiveness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French corosif, -ive, from medieval Latin corrosivus, from Latin corros- ‘gnawed through ’, from the verb corrodere (see corrode ).

 

corrosive sublimate

cor |ro ¦sive sub ¦lim |ate ▶noun old-fashioned term for mercuric chloride.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

corrosive

corrosive adjective corrosive chemicals: caustic, corroding, erosive, abrasive, burning, stinging; destructive, damaging, harmful, harsh.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

corrosive

corrosive adjective the workers are exposed to corrosive chemicals: caustic, corroding, eroding, erosive, abrasive, biting, mordant, burning, stinging; acid, alkali; destructive, damaging, harmful, harsh; rare consumptive.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

corrosive

cor ro sive /kəróʊsɪv /形容詞 1 (金属 岩石 プラスチックなどを )腐食 [浸食 ]する作用のある, 腐食性の .2 ｟かたく ｠徐々に衰退 [悪化 ]させる (ような ), 破壊的な .