rust
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- noun
- /rʌst/
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color óxido
- In the sunset, the sky displayed beautiful shades of orange and rust.
- rust-colored
We have Cryptic, which is like a rust orange sort of shade.
- We have Cryptic, which is like a rust orange sort of shade.
- No matter how they speak of fall foliage, shrub oaks take a vow the color of rust.
Examples
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Then we have a vibrant kind of a fiery red rust shade that is also stunning.
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There was a single stripe of sunlight on the left shoulder of his rust-colored coat.
Fiction book (1999) -
This is like a beautiful brownie rust color.
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You know, like rust-coloured paint or wood.
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A bouquet of silk flowers in rust, bronze, and gold.
Fiction book (1998) -
Witnesses describe the car as a rust colored sixties model Cadillac convertible.
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Most had shingle or metal roofs, but some were topped with rust-colored Mexican tile.
Academic text (2001) -
Tables were scattered across a terrace of rust-brown tile at the edge of an elaborate terrestrial botanical garden.
Fiction book (1991) -
The walls were painted a deep rust color, reminiscent of autumn leaves.
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She chose a rust-colored dress for the party, which matched her shoes perfectly.
Synonyms
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A reddish-brown color like shiny metal used for coins and wires
A dark brown red like dried blood
Compounds
- US
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A region of the northeastern and midwestern United States with many old factories and fewer people
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A disease of pine trees that makes blisters and dead patches on the bark, caused by a fungus
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A disease caused by a fungus that makes orange spots on the leaves and fruit of apple and pear trees
- Specialized
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 Reddish-Brown
Surface Forms
Etymology
Rust the colour is named after the red-brown layer on old iron, from an old German word like Rost. So rust describes a strong 'red-brown' colour like that of rusty metal.