Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun hydrochloric_acid

1 sense of hydrochloric acid

Sense 1
hydrochloric acid, chlorohydric acid -- (an aqueous solution of hydrogen chloride; a strongly corrosive acid)
       => acid -- (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)