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CORROSIVE SUBLIMATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does corrosive sublimate mean? 

CORROSIVE SUBLIMATE (noun)
  The noun CORROSIVE SUBLIMATE has 1 sense:

1. a white poisonous soluble crystalline sublimate of mercury; used as a pesticide or antiseptic or wood preservativeplay

  Familiarity information: CORROSIVE SUBLIMATE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CORROSIVE SUBLIMATE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A white poisonous soluble crystalline sublimate of mercury; used as a pesticide or antiseptic or wood preservative

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

bichloride of mercury; corrosive sublimate; mercuric chloride; mercury chloride

Hypernyms ("corrosive sublimate" is a kind of...):

sublimate (the product of vaporization of a solid)


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