Zinc

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A bluish-white, lustrous metallic element that is brittle at room temperature but malleable with heating. It is used to form a wide variety of alloys including brass, bronze, various solders, and nickel silver, in galvanizing iron and other metals, for electric fuses, anodes, and meter cases, and in roofing, gutters, and various household objects. Atomic number 30; atomic weight 65.39; melting point 419.4°C; boiling point 907°C; specific gravity 7.133 (25°C); valence 2. See Table at element.
  • v. To coat or treat with zinc; galvanize.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. a chemical element (symbol Zn) with an atomic number of 30.
  • v. To electroplate with zinc.
  • v. To coat with sunblock incorporating zinc oxide.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An abundant element of the magnesium-cadmium group, extracted principally from the minerals zinc blende, smithsonite, calamine, and franklinite, as an easily fusible bluish white metal, which is malleable, especially when heated. It is not easily oxidized in moist air, and hence is used for sheeting, coating galvanized iron, etc. It is used in making brass, britannia, and other alloys, and is also largely consumed in electric batteries. Symbol Zn. Atomic number 30. Atomic weight 65.38.
  • v. To coat with zinc; to galvanize.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The zinc element of a galvanic cell, prepared of proper shape and size, and often fitted with a binding-screw, ready for use.
  • n. Chemical symbol, Zn; atomic weight, 64.9. One of the useful metals, more tenacious than lead and tin, but malleable only at a temperature between 200° and 250° F.
  • To coat or cover with zinc.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. coat or cover with zinc
  • n. a bluish-white lustrous metallic element; brittle at ordinary temperatures but malleable when heated; used in a wide variety of alloys and in galvanizing iron; it occurs naturally as zinc sulphide in zinc blende
  • Verb Form
    zinced    zincing    zincs   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    surface    coat   
    Variant
    zink   
    Form
    zincked    zinced    zincking    zincing   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    galvanize   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Chink    Fink    Inc    Inc.    bink    blink    brink    chink    cinque    clink   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    magnesium    manganese    copper    aluminum    cadmium    mercury    hydrogen    nickel    sulphur    oxide