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galvanised

galvanised adjective: of metal, coated with zinc as a form of protection against rust. Also the simple past and past participle of galvanise.

Adjective

galvanised (not comparable)

  1. (UK) Of metal, coated with zinc as a form of protection against rust.
    • galvanised pipes
    • galvanised steel
    Synonyms:
    zinced
  2. (obsolete) Having been subjected to galvanism; electrified.
    • I go to London and see the busy multitudes in Fleet Street and the Strand, and it comes across my mind that they are but the ghosts of the past, haunting the streets that I have seen silent and wretched, going to and fro, phantasms in a dead city, the mockery of life in a galvanized body.1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 302

Also used as

galvanised is also the simple past and past participle of galvanise.

galvanised meaning in Tagalog

galvanised in Tagalog

coated with zinc
galbanisado

Synonyms of galvanised

Forms of galvanised

alternative formgalvanized

Questions about galvanised

What does galvanised mean?
Galvanised means of metal, coated with zinc as a form of protection against rust.
What is galvanised in Tagalog?
Galvanised in Tagalog is galbanisado. See Galvanised meaning in Tagalog.
What part of speech is galvanised?
Galvanised is an adjective.

Words near galvanised in the dictionary

  1. galvanic series
  2. galvanical
  3. galvanically
  4. galvanisation
  5. galvanise
  6. galvanised
  7. galvaniser
  8. galvanisers
  9. galvanises
  10. galvanising
  11. galvanism

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