Materials
Synonyms for corrode
The synonym for corrode recorded in this bank is oxidize, in the sense "to be gradually worn away by chemical reaction, especially rusting". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for corrode
- oxidizeverb, in the sense "to be gradually worn away by chemical reaction, especially rusting"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and corrode carries one sense so far.
to be gradually worn away by chemical reaction, especially rusting
Left out in the rain, the old iron gate began to corrode along its hinges.
The true synonym
oxidize
Same sentence, swapped: Left out in the rain, the old iron gate began to oxidize along its hinges.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for corrode in the sentence quoted.
- polish
- temper
- galvanize
Where corrode turns up in the game
corrode is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in three other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where corrode is the trap
- protrudeverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is jut, in the sense "to stick out beyond the surrounding surface", with corrode sitting one tile away.
- afflictverb, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is smite, in the sense "cause physical pain or suffering in", with corrode sitting one tile away.
- chipverb, Tier 5, Summit. The answer there is spall, in the sense "to break a small piece off the edge or surface of something", and corrode is on the board beside it.
Play corrode
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so corrode reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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The ring widens as it goes, from materials at Ridgeline outward to the whole bank.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. corrode carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.