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LUNAR CAUSTIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lunar caustic mean? 

LUNAR CAUSTIC (noun)
  The noun LUNAR CAUSTIC has 1 sense:

1. silver nitrate fused into sticks and formerly used as a causticplay

  Familiarity information: LUNAR CAUSTIC used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LUNAR CAUSTIC (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Silver nitrate fused into sticks and formerly used as a caustic

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("lunar caustic" is a kind of...):

silver nitrate (a nitrate used in making photographic emulsions; also used in medicine as a cautery and as a topical antibacterial agent)


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