acid
nounHow to pronounce acid:
Definition of acid:
- acid (noun):
- a sour substance
- any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt.
- any of various typically water-soluble and sour compounds that in solution are capable of reacting with a base (see base entry 1 sense 6a) to form a salt, redden litmus, and have a ph less than 7, that are hydrogen-containing molecules or ions able to give up a proton to a base, or that are substances able to accept an unshared pair of electrons from a base
Synonyms for acid:
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