rustable


rust

R0355900 (rŭst)n.1. a. Any of various powdery or scaly reddish-brown or reddish-yellow hydrated ferric oxides and hydroxides formed on iron and iron-containing materials by low-temperature oxidation in the presence of water.b. Any of various metallic coatings, especially oxides, formed by corrosion.c. A stain or coating resembling iron rust.2. Deterioration, as of ability, resulting from inactivity or neglect.3. Botany a. Rust fungus.b. A plant disease caused by a rust fungus, characterized by reddish or brownish spots on leaves, stems, and other parts.4. A strong brown.v. rust·ed, rust·ing, rusts v.intr.1. To become corroded.2. To deteriorate or degenerate through inactivity or neglect: My golf game has rusted from all those years of not playing.3. To become the color of rust.4. Botany To develop a disease caused by a rust fungus.v.tr.1. To corrode or subject (a metal) to rust formation.2. To impair or spoil, as by misuse or inactivity.3. To color (something) a strong brown.
[Middle English, from Old English rūst; see reudh- in Indo-European roots.]
rust adj.rust′a·ble adj.

rustable

(ˈrʌstəbəl) adjliable to rust