galvanized iron

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   iron that is coated with zinc to protect it from rust

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Questions about galvanized iron

What does galvanized iron mean?

galvanized iron means "iron that is coated with zinc to protect it from rust".

Is galvanized iron a common word?

galvanized iron is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.