rust
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- noun
- /rʌst/
- He noticed patches of rust forming on the metal fence near the garden.
- prevent rust
- protect against rust
- rust resistance
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Watch on YouTubeThat 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
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8.9
A red-brown layer that forms on iron or steel when it gets wet
Compounds
- US
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4.9
A region of the northeastern and midwestern United States with many old factories and fewer people
- Specialized
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9.0
A disease of pine trees that makes blisters and dead patches on the bark, caused by a fungus
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9.1
A disease caused by a fungus that makes blisters on the bark and weakens white pine trees
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7.8
A disease of pine trees caused by a fungus that makes blisters on the trunk and kills the wood
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5.3
A disease caused by a fungus that makes reddish or brown spots on wheat leaves and stems and reduces harvest
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9.1
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
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.