mordant

English Thesaurus

1. a substance used to treat leather or other materials before dyeing; aids in dyeing process (noun.substance)

hypernym	:	color, coloring material, colour, colouring material,
definition	:	any material used for its color (noun.substance)

hyponym	:	chrome alum,
definition	:	a violet-colored salt used in hide tanning and as a mordant in dyeing (noun.substance)

hyponym	:	antimony potassium tartrate, tartar emetic,
definition	:	a poisonous colorless salt used as a mordant and in medicine (noun.substance)

hyponym	:	sodium bichromate, sodium dichromate,
definition	:	a red-orange salt used as a mordant (noun.substance)

2. of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action (adj.all)

similar	:	destructive,
definition	:	causing destruction or much damage (adj.all)

3. harshly ironic or sinister (adj.all)

similar	:	sarcastic,
definition	:	expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds (adj.all)

4. a substance used to treat leather or other materials before dyeing; aids in dyeing process (noun.substance)

derivation	:	caustic, corrosive, erosive, mordant, vitriolic,
definition	:	of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action (adj.all)

5. of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action (adj.all)

derivation	:	corrosive,
definition	:	a substance having the tendency to cause corrosion (such a strong acids or alkali) (noun.substance)

derivation	:	mordant,
definition	:	a substance used to treat leather or other materials before dyeing; aids in dyeing process (noun.substance)

derivation	:	caustic,
definition	:	any chemical substance that burns or destroys living tissue (noun.substance)

derivation	:	oil of vitriol, sulfuric acid, sulphuric acid, vitriol,
definition	:	(H2SO4) a highly corrosive acid made from sulfur dioxide; widely used in the chemical industry (noun.substance)

derivation	:	corrode, rust,
definition	:	become destroyed by water, air, or a corrosive such as an acid (verb.change)

derivation	:	corrode, eat, rust,
definition	:	cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid (verb.change)

derivation	:	eat at, erode, gnaw, gnaw at, wear away,
definition	:	become ground down or deteriorate (verb.change)

6. harshly ironic or sinister (adj.all)

derivation	:	ghastliness, grimness, gruesomeness, luridness,
definition	:	the quality of being ghastly (noun.attribute)

7. a substance used to treat leather or other materials before dyeing; aids in dyeing process (noun.substance)

derivation	:	caustic, corrosive, erosive, mordant, vitriolic,
definition	:	of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action (adj.all)

8. of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action (adj.all)

derivation	:	corrosive,
definition	:	a substance having the tendency to cause corrosion (such a strong acids or alkali) (noun.substance)

derivation	:	mordant,
definition	:	a substance used to treat leather or other materials before dyeing; aids in dyeing process (noun.substance)

derivation	:	caustic,
definition	:	any chemical substance that burns or destroys living tissue (noun.substance)

derivation	:	oil of vitriol, sulfuric acid, sulphuric acid, vitriol,
definition	:	(H2SO4) a highly corrosive acid made from sulfur dioxide; widely used in the chemical industry (noun.substance)

derivation	:	corrode, rust,
definition	:	become destroyed by water, air, or a corrosive such as an acid (verb.change)

derivation	:	corrode, eat, rust,
definition	:	cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid (verb.change)

derivation	:	eat at, erode, gnaw, gnaw at, wear away,
definition	:	become ground down or deteriorate (verb.change)

9. harshly ironic or sinister (adj.all)

derivation	:	ghastliness, grimness, gruesomeness, luridness,
definition	:	the quality of being ghastly (noun.attribute)