zinc
/ˈzɪŋk/noun, verb1 syllable
Zinc means: 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.
Synonyms for zinc4
noun, as in 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
What does zinc mean?2
noun
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
verb
coat or cover with zinc
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with zinc?17
two syllables
Zinc in a sentence
- Algeria has oil, natural gas, iron, zinc, gold, and the list goes on.Amastan
- Algeria has oil, gas, iron, gold, zinc, phosphates and much more.Amastan
- Iran is rich in mineral resources, including zinc, copper, gold, and iron ore.Amastan
- Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc.orcrist
- They mine one ore of zinc and another of copper.Eccles17
- From hydrocarbons to metals such as iron and zinc, Algeria has it all.Amastan
- The islands are rich in undeveloped mineral resources such as lead, zinc, nickel, and gold.The_World_Factbook
- Every Monday Mrs. Evans washed all the family's clothes in the zinc bathtub.whitefishglobal
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Forms of zinc
as a noun
- plural
- zincs
as a verb
- past tense
- zinced
- past participle
- zinked
- present participle
- zincing
- third-person singular
- zincs