nnoun.substancea 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 blendeSynset:Zn atomic number 30
Hypernyms:metal metallic element
Inherited Hypernyms:zincmetallic elementchemical elementsubstancematterphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:zincmetallic elementchemical elementsubstancepartrelationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:spelter
vverb.contactcoat or cover with zincHypernyms:coat surface
Inherited Hypernyms:zinccoatcover
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