rust
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- noun
- /rʌst/
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- He noticed patches of rust forming on the metal fence near the garden.
- prevent rust
- protect against rust
- rust resistance
That one looks cool because it's blackish or bluish and it's rust that doesn't eat the steel.
- That one looks cool because it's blackish or bluish and it's rust that doesn't eat the steel.
- Repaint it for rust protection with heat resisting paint.
- It would all just bond to to iron and become rust, right?
- But it, there was like rust in each one of the things.
- OK, who gets a crusty old rotten rust?
- I started going, well, now you know Lolly, she's like she said rust.
Examples
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Well, the rust protects it from more rust, right?
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This is going to make sure there's no more surface rust on the blade.
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So for some really light rust, this might be the play.
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OK, fair bit of rust on that one there.
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Lots of rust on both sides.
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There was rust all over everything.
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I imagine it lying covered with rust on the bottom of the river.
Fiction book (1992) -
All the rust is literally gone.
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When salt water interacts with steel boats, a lot of rust is produced.
Academic text (2010) -
One of the most common and visible failures is rust bleed that occurs above the waterline.
Academic text (1998)
Synonyms
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A red powder that forms on iron, often called rust
A red-brown layer that forms on iron or steel when it gets wet
Compounds
- US
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A region of the northeastern and midwestern United States with many old factories and fewer people
- Specialized
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A disease of pine trees that makes blisters and dead patches on the bark, caused by a fungus
- Specialized
A disease caused by a fungus that makes orange spots on the leaves and fruit of apple and pear trees
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A fungus that causes orange spots on flax leaves and damages plants
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A plant disease that makes small orange-brown spots on flax leaves and stems
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A very small animal like an insect that lives on plants and makes reddish brown spots on leaves or fruit
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A disease caused by a fungus that makes reddish or brown spots on wheat leaves and stems and reduces harvest
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A disease of pine trees caused by a fungus that makes blisters on the trunk and kills the wood
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A disease caused by a fungus that makes blisters on the bark and weakens white pine trees
How Rusty
Surface Forms
Etymology
Rust comes from an old German word like Rost that named the 'red-brown' flakes that eat away metal. So rust is the reddish-brown layer that forms on iron or steel when it meets air and water.