rustproofed

Questions about rustproofed

What does rustproofed mean?

rustproofed means "treated against rusting".

How many syllables are in rustproofed?

rustproofed has 2 syllables and divides as rust-proofed under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for rustproofed?

Close synonyms include rustproof. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is rustproofed a common word?

rustproofed 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.