rust

Meaning

1. The deteriorated state of iron or steel as a result of moisture and oxidation.
2. A similar substance based on another metal.
3. A reddish-brown color.
4. A disease of plants caused by a reddish-brown fungus.
5. Damage caused to stamps and album pages by a fungal infection.

corrode

become rusty

rust-brown

bad habit

twig blight

iron stain

bear young

get rusty

iron rust

produce fruit

reddish-brown

stale reddish water

red oxide for decorating pottery

rust-colored

give birth to

rusty-brown

money

💸

dull

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹʌst/

From Middle English rust, rost, roust, from Old English rust, rūst (“rust”), from Proto-West Germanic *rust, from Proto-Germanic *rustaz (“rust”), from Proto-Indo-European *rudʰso- (“red”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”). Cognate with Scots roust (“rust”), Saterland Frisian rust (“rust”), West Frisian roast (“rust”), Dutch roest (“rust”), German Rost (“rust”), Danish rust (“rust”), Swedish rost (“rust”), Norwegian rust, ryst (“rust”), Finnish ruoste, Estonian rooste. Related to red.