battery acid
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- noun
- /ˈbætəri ˈæsɪd/
- Specialized
:
ácido de batería
- The mechanic across the road poured battery acid down the WC to clear it.
- spilled battery acid
It looks like battery acid dude, this country is a reality chat like that's enough.
- It looks like battery acid dude, this country is a reality chat like that's enough.
Examples
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If that's water in that tank... ...pretty soon he's gonna be sitting in battery acid.
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I didn't ask what becomes of battery acid.
Fiction book (2001) -
Or, if you need to clean up battery acid, how did you get rid of excess acid in your stomach?
Blog text (26) -
Battery acid?
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Cadmium—active component in battery acid
Blog text (23) -
I secretly wouldn't have minded the sled tipping as it threatened to repeatedly, because I wanted to see the reaction between battery acid and snow.
Fiction book (2001) -
The mechanic warned me that spilling battery acid on my skin could cause serious burns.
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He carefully disposed of the old battery acid according to environmental regulations.
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When working on my car, I needed to replace the battery acid to ensure the battery worked properly.
Synonyms
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4.2
A very strong liquid that can burn skin and metal used in factories and labs
A weak sulfuric acid solution used in batteries to carry electric current
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'acid used in batteries' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'battery' (electrochemical cell) and 'acid' (a corrosive chemical). This is a straightforward noun+noun compositional compound that refers to the acid associated with batteries and follows common cross-linguistic naming patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
Battery acid is the literal name for the strong acid that sits inside a battery and helps it make electricity. Because this liquid can burn skin and metal, the phrase now means the dangerous, 'corrosive' acid found in car and storage batteries.