corrasive


Also found in: Thesaurus, Encyclopedia.

cor·rade

 (kə-rād′)
tr. & intr.v. cor·rad·ed, cor·rad·ing, cor·rades
To erode or be eroded by abrasion.
[Latin corrādere, to scrape together : com-, com- + rādere, to scrape; see rēd- in Indo-European roots.]
cor·ra′sion (-rā′zhən) n.
cor·ra′sive (-sĭv, -zĭv) adj.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Mentioned in ?
References in periodicals archive ?
Where be all the Atoms of that flesh, which a Corrasive hath eat away.
"All this seed pearl": John Donne and bodily presence
From there the material is led into the cyclor for autogenous tertiary corrasive impact motion.
Synside

Dictionary browser ?
Full browser ?