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The word "rust" can be used as noun, verb, proper noun and adjective.

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Defined As

colloquial name for iron oxide

Derived Terms

Rustacean Rustburg anti-rust antirust black rust bucket of rust carrot rust fly cedar-apple rust coffee leaf rust coffee rust derust front-runner-itis runs: rust: myrtle rust gooseberry rust mayapple rust myrtle rust nab the rust nonrusting rust away rust belt rust bucket rust fly rust fungus rust joint rust mitebank-run drug-runner rust off rust out rust through rust through rust-belt rust-bucket rustability rustable rustbelt rustbucket rustful rusticle rustless rustlike rustproof rusty soybean rust spinning rust stem rust unrust unrusting wheat rust white pine blister rust white rust

Etymologically Related To

red

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

corroding corrosion crumble damage decay dilapidate erosion ferric oxide fungus oxidate oxidation oxidisation oxidise oxidization oxidize plant disease red redness

Type Of (IsA)

colour corrosion ferric oxide fungus iron oxide orange oxidation oxidized iron plant disease programming language

Manner Of

oxidise

Related Terms

aeciospore ferric oxide ferruginous hematite rouille rubiginous verdigris

Related Terms

action aeciospore brown brown iron corroded corroded iron corrosion decayed decayed metal deterioration disease ferric oxide ferruginous flakes fungus in metal iron iron corrosion iron oxide metal metal corrosion moisture old old metal oxidation oxide oxidization red red oxidization reddish rouille rubiginous stainless steel steel verdigris

Similar Terms

chromatic corrode eat oxidate oxidise oxidize

Synonym Network

corrode oxidise rust brown

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