Caustic-potash
potassium hydroxide.
noun
another name for potassium hydroxide
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capable of burning, corroding, or destroying living tissue. severely critical or sarcastic: a caustic remark. a caustic substance. Optics. caustic curve. caustic surface. Contemporary Examples Historical Examples adjective capable of burning or corroding by chemical action: caustic soda sarcastic; cutting: a caustic reply of, relating to, or denoting light that is reflected or refracted by […]
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capable of burning, corroding, or destroying living tissue. severely critical or sarcastic: a caustic remark. a caustic substance. Optics. caustic curve. caustic surface. Historical Examples adjective capable of burning or corroding by chemical action: caustic soda sarcastic; cutting: a caustic reply of, relating to, or denoting light that is reflected or refracted by a curved […]
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a caustic agent. caustic. adjective caustic; cauterizing noun another name for cautery (sense 2) cauterant cau·ter·ant (kô’tər-ənt) n. A cauterizing substance.