Definitions for corrode

corrode cor·rode

Spelling: [kuh-rohd]
IPA: /kəˈroʊd/

Corrode is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 91 anagrams from letters in corrode (cdeoorr).

Definitions for corrode

verb (used with object)

  1. to eat or wear away gradually as if by gnawing, especially by chemical action.
  2. to impair; deteriorate:

verb (used without object)

  1. to become corroded.

Origin of corrode

1350-1400; Middle English (Middle French) Latin corrōdere to gnaw to pieces, equivalent to cor- cor- + rōdere to gnaw; akin to rodent

Examples for corrode

Such a mixture would, in all probability, corrode sheet-iron.

This neutralized flux will not corrode metal as will the ordinary acid.

The working surfaces require to be of brass, so that they will not corrode.

His limbs lost their flexibility, and some of his wiring started to corrode.

Salt solutions, such as sea water, corrode the metal rapidly.

It would be tempting, at this point, to say that the Internet will corrode religious authority and usher in the Great Secular Age.

Throwing hot fat into your trash can will melt the bag, and pouring it down the sink will corrode the pipes.

Put vaseline on the wire so the fumes of gas will not corrode it.

So tallow and the like should not be placed where they can corrode iron or steel.

They can corrode through whatever human tissue they contact if swallowed or stuck into an orifice, sometimes in a matter of hours.

Word Value for corrode
Scrable

10

Words with friends

11

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