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acid

/'/&/s/I/d/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tart; having the taste of vinegar: as, <i>acid</i> fruits or liquors. Also fig.: Sour- tempered.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

noun

  1. any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt

    noun.substance

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. street name for lysergic acid diethylamide

    noun.artifact

    Synonyms back breaker battery-acid dose dot elvis loony toons lucy in the sky with diamonds pane superman window pane zen

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. A sour substance.

    noun

    Source: webster1913

adjective satellite

  1. harsh or corrosive in tone

    adj.all

    Examples
    A barrage of acid comments.
    Synonyms acerb acerbic acrid bitter blistering caustic sulfurous sulphurous virulent vitriolic

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. being sour to the taste

    adj.all

    Synonyms acidic acidulent acidulous

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. having the characteristics of an acid

    adj.all

    Examples
    An acid reaction.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

Nearby words

achymousaciculaacicularaciculateaciculiformaciculiteacid anhydridesacid dyeacid halideacid headacid hydrogenacid precipitation

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