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- CAUSTIC Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
Caustic was formed in Middle English as an adjective describing chemical substances, such as lime and lye, that are capable of destroying or eating away at something The word is based on the Latin adjective causticus, which itself comes ultimately from the Greek verb kaiein, meaning "to burn "
- CAUSTIC Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
CAUSTIC definition: capable of burning, corroding, or destroying living tissue See examples of caustic used in a sentence
- Caustic - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com
Use the adjective caustic to describe any chemical that is able to burn living tissue or other substances, or, figuratively, a statement that has a similarly burning effect
- CAUSTIC | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
Caustic means able to burn through things Because the toxic agents are also caustic, they degrade their containers, so they aren't loaded until just prior to use It was a celebration of taping that had a caustic edge: the lyrics promoted home taping, which record companies associated with piracy
- Caustic - Wikipedia
Caustic (mathematics), the envelope of rays reflected or refracted by a manifold Caustic (optics), optic phenomenon due to light rays reflecting refracting through curved surfaces objects
- CAUSTIC definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
A caustic remark is extremely critical, cruel, or bitter His abrasive wit and caustic comments were an interviewer's nightmare He was often caustic and mocking, or flew into rages She was caustically brilliant, yet totally loyal, unpretentious, human and tolerant Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary
- caustic - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
caustic (countable and uncountable, plural caustics) Any substance or means which, applied to animal or other organic tissue, burns, corrodes, or destroys it by chemical action; an escharotic
- caustic, adj. n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary
An agent or preparation having an effect on the skin or other tissues resembling that of a burn caused by heat; spec (more fully potential caustic) one that is used to destroy abnormal tissue
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