RUSTING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rusting mean? 

• RUSTING (noun)
  The noun RUSTING has 1 sense:

1. the formation of reddish-brown ferric oxides on iron by low-temperature oxidation in the presence of water

  Familiarity information: RUSTING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RUSTING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The formation of reddish-brown ferric oxides on iron by low-temperature oxidation in the presence of water

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

rust; rusting

Hypernyms ("rusting" is a kind of...):

corroding; corrosion; erosion (erosion by chemical action)

oxidation; oxidisation; oxidization (the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction)

Meronyms (substance of "rusting"):

ferric oxide (a red oxide of iron)

 Context examples 

One is not even made wet by the rain nor cold by the frost; while death, instead of stalking about grewsome and accidental, becomes a prearranged pageant, moving along a well-oiled groove to the family vault, where the hinges are kept from rusting and the dust from the air is swept continually away.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

A team of Indian scientists has developed a compound from the leaf of the mango (Mangifera indica) tree that can protect ships from rusting and which is far more efficient than synthetic paints while also being non-toxic and environment-friendly.

(Mango leaf extract can stop ships from rusting, SciDev.Net)