rusting
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2.8
- noun
- /ˈrʌstɪŋ/
- Specialized
:
oxidación
- To prevent rusting, it's important to keep iron tools dry and stored properly.
- rusting hulk
Examples
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Keeps your hinges from rusting.
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Water constantly drips from the rusting metal ceiling.
Academic text (2009) -
And beyond that, in a field, there were about twenty-five rusting automobiles.
Fiction book (1992) -
Repairs were needed due to rusting in the tipping area and the building that houses the final composting process.
Academic text (1998) -
Hunt stared out the window of the limousine at the rusting hull of his ship.
Fiction book (1998) -
The tug is dwarfed by the massive rusting hulk of the Chimera rising above it.
Fiction book (2002) -
Mo and Shades pass a row of rusting, wheel-less cars, smoke rising from the chimneys in their roofs.
Fiction book (1990) -
Alvy walks slowly down an avenue of rusting cars, gingerly clutching the wriggling hand, steam drifting all around him.
Fiction book (1990) -
Dust settled over brown, circular patches where bounty had briefly grown, coating rusting irrigation rigs and the windows of empty homes.
Fiction book (1990) -
The old bike was left outside and now it is covered in rusting metal.
Synonyms
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6.1
Slow damage to metal caused by air or water
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6.3
A gradual wearing away of metal or other materials by chemical action
How Corroded
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Rusting comes from an old German word rust meaning 'red' or 'redness', the same root behind rusty. It describes the reddish-brown coating that forms when iron or steel meets water and air, so rusting is the process of metal turning red and slowly being eaten away.