There was corrosion around the battery terminals.
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Corrosion
//kəˈɹoʊʒən//
Synonyms for "corrosion" (44 found)
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Related words (22)
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9 entriesTranslations
55 translations across 27 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- تَأَكُّل noun (The act of corroding)
Bulgarian
3 entries- корозия noun (The act of corroding)
- разлагане noun (The gradual destruction or undermining of something)
- разяждане noun (Erosion by chemical action)
Catalan
3 entries- corrosió noun (The act of corroding)
- corrosió noun (Erosion by chemical action)
- corrosió noun (The gradual destruction or undermining of something)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 腐蝕 /腐蚀 noun (Erosion by chemical action)
Czech
1 entries- koroze noun (Erosion by chemical action)
Esperanto
1 entries- korodado noun (The act of corroding)
Finnish
4 entries- horjuttaminen noun (The gradual destruction or undermining of something)
- korroosio noun (Erosion by chemical action)
- nakertaminen noun (The gradual destruction or undermining of something)
- syöpyminen noun (Erosion by chemical action)
French
2 entries- corrosion noun (The act of corroding)
- corrosion noun (Erosion by chemical action)
Galician
1 entries- corrosión noun (The act of corroding)
Georgian
4 entries- დაჟანგვა noun (The act of corroding)
- დაჟანგვა noun (Erosion by chemical action)
- კოროზია noun (The act of corroding)
- კოროზია noun (Erosion by chemical action)
German
1 entries- Korrosion noun (The act of corroding)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌽𐌹𐌳𐍅𐌰 noun (The act of corroding)
Greek
4 entries- αποσάθρωση noun (The gradual destruction or undermining of something)
- διάβρωση noun (The act of corroding)
- διάβρωση noun (Erosion by chemical action)
- διάβρωση noun (The gradual destruction or undermining of something)
Hungarian
3 entries- korrózió noun (The act of corroding)
- korrózió noun (Erosion by chemical action)
- korrózió noun (The gradual destruction or undermining of something)
Italian
2 entries- corrosione noun (The act of corroding)
- corrosione noun (Erosion by chemical action)
Japanese
2 entries- 腐蝕 noun (Erosion by chemical action)
- 腐食 noun (Erosion by chemical action)
Kazakh
1 entries- жегіде noun (Erosion by chemical action)
Korean
1 entries- 부식 noun (Erosion by chemical action)
Malayalam
1 entries- ലോഹനാശനം noun (The act of corroding)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- korrosjon noun (The act of corroding)
- korrosjon noun (Erosion by chemical action)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- korrosjon noun (The act of corroding)
- korrosjon noun (Erosion by chemical action)
Polish
2 entries- korodowanie noun (The act of corroding)
- korozja noun (Erosion by chemical action)
Portuguese
3 entries- corrosão noun (The act of corroding)
- corrosão noun (Erosion by chemical action)
- corrosão noun (The gradual destruction or undermining of something)
Russian
1 entries- коррозия noun (The act of corroding)
Sanskrit
1 entries- क्षय noun (The gradual destruction or undermining of something)
Spanish
3 entries- corrosión noun (The act of corroding)
- corrosión noun (Erosion by chemical action)
- corrosión noun (The gradual destruction or undermining of something)
Swedish
2 entries- frätning noun (The act of corroding)
- korrosion noun (The act of corroding)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
Gold’s resistance to corrosion and its excellent electrical conductivity makes it very useful in the electronics industry, especially in smart phones.
Source: tatoeba (11126527)
The German team says the bacterium found in the soil surrounding a heap of plastic waste was feeding on polyurethane diol, which is used in plastic as a component that protects products from corrosion.
Source: tatoeba (11152978)
She noticed rust and corrosion in the pipes under her kitchen sink.
Source: tatoeba (11780750)
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