zinc
English Thesaurus
1. 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 (noun.substance)
| hypernym | : | metal, metallic element, |
| definition | : | any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc. (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | spelter, |
| definition | : | impure zinc containing about three percent lead and other impurities (especially in the form of ingots) (noun.substance) |
2. coat or cover with zinc (verb.contact)
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