rustproof
Americanadjective
verb (used with object)
adjective
Etymology
Origin of rustproof
Example Sentences
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None of this scares Cucé, whose life’s work includes making unique properties rustproof.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 3, 2023
Some manufacturers make birdbath bowls of rustproof cast aluminum but stick with cast iron for the stand because of its weight.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 17, 2020
Decision fatigue helps explain why ordinarily sensible people get angry at colleagues and families, splurge on clothes, buy junk food at the supermarket and can't resist the dealer's offer to rustproof their new car.
From Time ● Aug. 23, 2011
Last week, the Service announced that rust, adapting itself to new conditions as Nature usually does, is now attacking the rustproof strains.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is rustproof and is not attacked by sulfuric, nitric or acetic acid, hot or cold, diluted or concentrated.
From Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries by Edwin E. Slosson
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