RUST | Meaning In The Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of rust in English rustnoun [ U ] uk /rʌst/ us /rʌst/ Add to word list Add to word list a reddish-brown substance that forms on the surface of iron and steel as a result of reacting with air and water: patches of rust There was an enormous bath with big rust stains.   Muhammad Owais Khan/Moment/GettyImages a reddish-brown colour that looks like rust any of various plant diseases that cause reddish-brown spots: Rust has infected the wheat fields. The current approach is to plant those seeds assumed to be most rust resistant. Physical & chemical processes

• absorbable
• absorptive
• absorptive capacity
• absorptivity
• acidification
• aerate
• endothermic reaction
• excitability
• excitation
• excite
• exergonic
• exothermic
• impregnate
• re-emit
• reabsorb
• react
• reboil
• recondense
• scald
• vaporize

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Less common colours Plant pathology rustverb [ I or T ] uk /rʌst/ us /rʌst/ to become or cause something to become covered with rust: Older cars will begin to rust. Years of being left out in the rain had rusted the metal chairs. The floor of the car had rusted away/through (= been destroyed by rust), so I was careful where I put my feet. Physical & chemical processes

• absorbable
• absorptive
• absorptive capacity
• absorptivity
• acidification
• aerate
• endothermic reaction
• excitability
• excitation
• excite
• exergonic
• exothermic
• impregnate
• re-emit
• reabsorb
• react
• reboil
• recondense
• scald
• vaporize

See more results » rustadjective uk /rʌst/ us /rʌst/ having a reddish-brown colour: The buildings are painted rust red and turquoise. The artist intended that the steel should weather to a rust colour.

• The rust coloured flowers have a peppery flavour and can be used in salads.
• It's a robust and powerful dog, black with clearly defined rust markings.

Less common colours

• apple green
• argent
• ashy
• avocado
• baby blue
• carmine
• cerise
• dun
• emerald
• indigo
• peacock blue
• puce
• racing green
• ruddily
• salmon pink
• sanguine
• sapphire
• shocking pink
• sky blue
• verdure

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rust | American Dictionary

rustnoun [ U ] us /rʌst/ Add to word list Add to word list a red-brown substance that forms on the surface of iron and steel as a result of decay caused by reacting with air and water

rust

verb [ I/T ] us /rʌst/ [ I ] Stainless steel won’t rust. (Definition of rust from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of rust

rust Relationships between brown and false rusts and cowpea yields. From the Cambridge English Corpus I readily agree that they are the least satisfactory because corrugated iron rusts and deteriorates. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Expert engineers cannot give an opinion as to when all the mines will be rusted and no longer dangerous. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In my own division, a very large concern with a world-wide reputation, has just written off £3,000,000 of capital that has rusted since 1920. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 My father always told me that it rusted an iron constitution and one should avoid it like the plague. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What you are doing with our industrial machine is allowing the spare parts to be absolutely wasted and rusted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He said that it was nice to see chickens running in and out of them as they rusted away on farming land. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In wartime, ships are in harbour for such a short time that every opportunity for red leading and painting rusted structures must be seized. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The metal cladding, after about 15 years from being built, is already severely rusted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Others claim that the lock itself was rusted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The iron bar that runs through the concrete slab is often rusted or rotten. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The wreck is in two parts and, although rusted, remains generally sound. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Are they to sail on until they fall to bits, rusted rotten? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have the vehicles: they do not want the volunteer committees or the vehicles to get rusted up by lack of provision now. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In 1926 when the miners went back to work they found that their shovels, hammers and picks had rotted and rusted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of rust These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of rust?

Translations of rust

in Chinese (Traditional) 銹, 鐵銹, 鐵銹色，赭色… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 锈, 铁锈, 铁锈色，赭色… See more in Spanish óxido, oxidar, oxidarse… See more in Portuguese ferrugem, cor avermelhada, enferrujar… See more in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Ukrainian in Russian in Arabic in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian （金属の）さび, さび, さびる… See more pas, paslanmak… See more rouille [feminine], rouiller, rouille… See more rovell… See more roest, roesten… See more rust, ruste… See more rost, [få att] rosta… See more karat, mengarat… See more der Rost, rosten(lassen)… See more rust [masculine], ruste, rust… See more іржа, іржавіти… See more ржавчина… See more صَدَأ… See more rez, (z)rezivět, způsobit rezivění… See more karat, menjadikan berkarat… See more สนิม, ทำให้เป็นสนิม… See more gỉ sắt, làm han gỉ… See more rdza, spowodować rdzewienie, rdzewieć… See more 녹… See more ruggine, arrugginire, arrugginirsi… See more Need a translator?

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