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.