rust inhibitor

1. 1.

   antioxidant that inhibits the formation of rust

   Broaderantioxidant

Questions about rust inhibitor

What does rust inhibitor mean?

rust inhibitor means "antioxidant that inhibits the formation of rust".

Is rust inhibitor a common word?

rust inhibitor 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.