Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Proof against rust; free from the danger of rusting.

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Examples

  • Could getting your teeth cleaned be the economic equivalent to having a car dealership rust-proof your car?

    Is Tooth Cleaning a Scam? - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

  • Could getting your teeth cleaned be the economic equivalent to having a car dealership rust-proof your car?

    Is Tooth Cleaning a Scam? - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

  • Disks of rust-proof alloy inscribed with microscopic reproductions of book pages.

    Making Light: Open thread 136 2010

  • They're difficult to locate, and once found require a long distance boat, a team of trained divers armed with knives and rust-proof scissors, and a lot of time.

    Ghost Killers In The Deep Sea 2010

  • The factory made rust-proof garden furniture -- Nevermann ran the vinyl-coating machine.

    Beard 2010

  • As for scissors, highly washable and rust-proof kitchen scissors are essential.

    Uncluttering: One versus many | Unclutterer 2010

  • ‘Dead white’ Despite lead's health hazards, ranging from skin ruptures to madness to infertility, upper-crust Romans went on to use white lead (or cerussa, the key ingredient in those once-popular lead paints) to lighten their faces, then topped that off with a bit of red lead (or minium, currently used in the manufacture of batteries and rust-proof paint) for that “healthy” rose glow.

    Archive 2008-01-01 Jan 2008

  • A mechanical arm dropped a specially made rust-proof titanium flag onto the Arctic seabed at a depth of 4,261 meters 13,980 ft, Itar-Tass news agency quoted expedition officials as saying.

    Russia Claims North Pole | Impact Lab 2007

  • They were made in mild steel, even though all other outer panels were aluminium, because of the possibility of them taking knocks during their lifetime, aluminium although being light and rust-proof is very easy to dent.

    The continuing story of Swallow Doretti – STT 24 Bob Lock 2007

  • Ahh, I said rust-proof, well actually is does rust but in its own way.

    The continuing story of Swallow Doretti – STT 24 Bob Lock 2007

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