Acid - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈæsɪd|  American pronunciation of the word acid
Brit.  |ˈæsɪd|  British pronunciation of the word acid

noun

- 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
- street name for lysergic acid diethylamide (syn: dose, dot, pane, superman, zen)

adjective

- harsh or corrosive in tone (syn: acerb, acerbic, acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic)
a barrage of acid comments
- being sour to the taste (syn: acidic, acidulous)
- having the characteristics of an acid
an acid reaction

Extra examples

He washes his windows with an acid solution of vinegar and water.

...with her acid personality, my aunt could be relied upon to bring some much-needed balance to the holiday gush...

All we had was acid and grass. Booze is a lot worse for you.

These shrubs must have an acid, lime-free soil.

These wines may taste rather hard and somewhat acid.

This comedy of contemporary manners is told with compassion and acid humour.

This movie critic has an acid wit.

Blueberry bushes need a very acid soil.

He was on an acid trip.

...a dilute acid that's safe to handle in the classroom...

...the belief that soda is made out of acid is just piffle...

But for every study that shows acid rain is damaging frogs, another one refutes it.

Acid bites into metals.

I burned my skin with the acid.

The juice of lemons yields citric acid.

Word forms

noun
singular: acid
plural: acids
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