rustproof

American  

[ruhst-proof] / ˈrʌstˌpruf /

adjective

1. not subject to rusting.

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verb (used with object)

1. to coat with a substance that prevents rusting.

rustproof British  

/ ˈrʌstˌpruːf /

adjective

1. treated against rusting

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Etymology

Origin of rustproof

First recorded in 1685–95; rust + -proof

Example Sentences

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

But after the black year 1935, when 85,000,000 bushels were lost to rust, Canada's Dominion Experimental Farms Service developed two "rustproof" wheat strains, Renown and Regent.

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 Slosson, Edwin E.