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galvanised

adjectiveC1Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #14,418 of 15,258leans written

Galvanised means coated in zinc so it will not rust. Galvanised steel, a galvanised bucket, galvanised nails.

The zinc corrodes in place of the steel rather than merely covering it, which is why a scratch does not start the rot. The figurative sense means shocked into action, from the old experiments passing current through frogs' legs.

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Definitions of galvanised

  1. 1adjectivegalvanisedCoated in zinc so it will not rust.C1

    “Use galvanised nails for the fence, because ordinary ones will soon rust in the rain.”

galvanised is a quality.

Also accepted in games: galvanized

Where it comes from

  1. French

    galvaniser

  2. English

    galvanise

  3. English, today

    galvanised

galvanise comes from French galvaniser, from galvanisme, named after Luigi Aloisio Galvani. by surface analysis, galvano- + -ise.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Materials & Substances

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galvanised in the wild

  • Andrew James Scott is a Scottish figurative sculptor, known for his large-scale public artworks of galvanised steel and bronze.

    Andy Scott (sculptor)

  • The integrated steel plant at Kalmeshwar produced galvanised sheets and products and cold rolled coils.

    Ispat Steel

  • Originally an 1883 timber-framed lighthouse covered with galvanised iron, it was replaced in 1975 with a modern square concrete equipment room topped with a lantern.

    Archer Point Light

  • Free-standing bunkers were commonly made of wood or concrete and are currently sold in materials including plastic or galvanised metal.

    Coal bin

  • A wash copper, copper boiler or simply copper is a wash house boiler, generally made of galvanised iron, though the best sorts are made of copper.

    Wash copper

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

Related words

the galvaniser family

galvanised

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