Rust

Quick meaning: Rust is a noun meaning A similar substance based on another metal.

Meaning

A similar substance based on another metal.

More Meanings

1. A reddish-brown color.
2. A disease of plants caused by a reddish-brown fungus (Pucciniales).
3. (philately) Damage caused to stamps and album pages by a fungal infection.
4. (intransitive) To oxidize, especially of iron or steel.
5. (transitive) To cause to oxidize.
6. (intransitive) To be affected with the parasitic fungus called rust.
7. The deteriorated state of iron or steel as a result of moisture and oxidation; it consists mostly of iron(III) oxide (ferric oxide) and iron(II) oxide (ferrous oxide).

Example Sentences

The patio furniture had rusted in the wind-driven spray.

The wind-driven spray had thoroughly rusted the patio furniture.

The rust on my bicycle chain made cycling to work very dangerous.

Must I rust in Egypt? never more / Appear in arms, and be the chief of Greece?

Word Forms

• rusts
• rusting
• rusted

Synonyms for rust

Depending on context, synonyms include oxidise, oxidize, corrode, chromatic, rusty, eat.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include rusty, colored, eat, corrode, chromatic, corrosion.

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