acid

[ˈæsɪd]

Definition:
1. A chemical, usually a liquid, that contains hydrogen and has a pH of less than seven.
2. Being sour to the taste.

Use 'acid' in a sentence:

• 1. Carbolic acid is usually used for cleaning.
• 2. Does that metal pit after contact with acid?
• 3. Cars cause pollution, both smog and acid rain.
• 4. The somewhat acid flavour is caused by the presence of lactic acid.
• 5. Wear cotton gloves when cleaning silver, because the acid in your skin can tarnish the metal.
• 6. A lemon is an acid fruit.
• 7. If your soil is very acid, add lime.
• 8. The government had committed billions of pounds for a programme to reduce acid rain.
• 9. After extensive research, Albert Hoffman first succeeded in synthesizing the acid in 1938.
• 10. Citric acid can be extracted from the juice of oranges, lemons, limes or grapefruit.
• 11. Sulfur emissions from steel mills become acid rain.
• 12. Boxwood prefer slightly acid to slightly alkaline soil and do very well when planted in early fall.
• 13. You know, you mix acid and base together and the thing heats up like crazy, right.
• 14. The acid has burnt a hole in my jacket.
• 15. The taste is mildly acid and always astringent, sometimes very strongly so.
• 16. Acids in the stomach destroy the virus.
• 17. Battery acid had eroded the engine.