WikiWord

English

corroded

verb

Meaning

  1. 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.
  2. To consume; to wear away; to prey upon; to impair.
  3. To have corrosive action; to be subject to corrosion.
  4. Damaged by corrosion.

Etymology / origin

No prose etymology has been added yet.

No ancestor words have been linked yet.

Related words

Descendant words

No descendant words have been linked yet.

Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
corroded — meaning and etymology | WikiWord