carcomer

Significat (Anglès)

  1. (also, figuratively, transitive) to eat away (to erode or corrode gradually)
  2. (reflexive) to waste away, to be consumed

Conceptes

Amb guionet com a
car‧co‧mer
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/kaɾkoˈmeɾ/
Etimologia (Anglès)

From carcoma (“woodworm”) + -er (verbal suffix), probably influenced by comer (“eat”).

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