corrode
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 10
- Words With Friends
- 11
- Letters
- 7
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Definition of corrode
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
- (transitive)To eat away bit by bit; to wear away or diminish by gradually separating or destroying small particles of, as by action of a strong acid or a caustic alkali.
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verb
- (transitive)To eat away bit by bit; to wear away or diminish by gradually separating or destroying small particles of, as by action of a strong acid or a caustic alkali.
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(transitive)To consume; to wear away; to prey upon; to impair.
“My morale is being corroded day by day.”
- (intransitive)To have corrosive action; to be subject to corrosion.
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Etymology
From Middle English corrōden, that borrowed from Old French corroder or directly from Latin corrōdere (“to gnaw”), from con- (“completely”) + rōdere (“to gnaw”).
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