How to pronounce corrode
American English pronunciation
kuh-ROHD
- IPA
- /kəˈɹoʊd/
- Syllables
- kuh · ROHD (2 syllables, stress on the 2nd)
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What corrode means
To slowly eat away at metal, the way rust does
In a sentence: Salty sea air corroded the old bike chain.
Where it comes from: It comes from a Latin word meaning "to gnaw away," built on rodere, "to gnaw."
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