rust-resistant

1. 1.

   resistant to rust

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Questions about rust-resistant

What does rust-resistant mean?

rust-resistant means "resistant to rust".

How many syllables are in rust-resistant?

rust-resistant has 4 syllables: ru-st-re-si-stant. The stress falls on "st-re".

Is rust-resistant a common word?

rust-resistant 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.