rust
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1.6
- adjective
- /rʌst/
- The artist used a rust tone in her painting to evoke a sense of warmth and nostalgia.
Examples
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Rusted wheels screech and complain, but it moves.
Fiction book (1990) -
Rusted columns supported a weathered dome and an ivy-covered dish antenna.
Fiction book (1998) -
Stereogum's Tom tweeted that they've become Rusted Root for the Bassnectar generation.
Blog text (28) -
Rusted, broken boulders scattered from impact craters topped this mix like chocolate sprinkles on rhubarb sauce over vanilla ice cream.
Fiction book (1993) -
The old barn's walls were a faded rust color after years of neglect.
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He painted the fence a beautiful shade of rust to match the autumn leaves.
Synonyms
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1.0
Having a medium to dark color like wood or tanned skin
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3.0
A reddish-brown or orange-brown color like old metal
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1.3
Having a red-brown color like old iron
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3.4
A red color with a brown-orange hint like rust
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4.2
A light brown color like tanned leather
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2.8
A brown color with a red tint like old metal left outside
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8.2
Having a reddish-brown color like rust or containing iron
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2.5
A brown color with a red-orange tone
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
- Specialized
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9.1
A disease caused by a fungus that makes blisters on the bark and weakens white pine trees
- Specialized
1
7.8
A disease of pine trees caused by a fungus that makes blisters on the trunk and kills the wood
- Specialized
1
5.3
A disease caused by a fungus that makes reddish or brown spots on wheat leaves and stems and reduces harvest
- Specialized
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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
- Specialized
A fungus that causes orange spots on flax leaves and damages plants
- Specialized
A plant disease that makes small orange-brown spots on flax leaves and stems
- Specialized
A very small animal like an insect that lives on plants and makes reddish brown spots on leaves or fruit
How Reddish-Brown
Surface Forms
Etymology
Rust as an adjective comes from the same name for the red-brown layer on metal, from an old German word like Rost. So calling something rust means it is 'red-brown', like old iron.