Is corrosive (4 letters)

{ Answer }

EATS

{ Related Clues }

Chow
Gnaws
Gobbles
Grub
Sups
Victuals
Vittles
Chows down
Diner sign
Feasts upon
Fills the bill?
Food, slangily
Has dinner
Has vittles
Highway sign
Roadside flasher
Roadside sign
Tucks away
Uses up
Hash-house sign
Truck stop sign
What to "come and get"

{ Tags }

away, beanery, bread, breaks, chow, consumes, corrodes, diner, eats, grub, hash, highway, house, may, roadside, sign, spoon, stop, takes, truck, vittles

{ Notes }

The answer EATS is seen frequently, appearing about once every 60 puzzles.

{ Definition }

EATS as a noun:

1. (chow, chuck, eats, grub) = informal terms for a meal

EAT as a verb:

1. take in solid food; "She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?"

2. eat a meal; take a meal; "We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls"; "I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation"

3. (feed, eat) = take in food; used of animals only; "This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat"; "What do whales eat?"

4. (consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out) = use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"

5. (eat, eat on) = worry or cause anxiety in a persistent way; "What's eating you?"

6. (corrode, eat, rust) = cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid; "The acid corroded the metal"; "The steady dripping of water rusted the metal stopper in the sink"