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rust joints

rust joints is the plural of rust joint.

Meaning of rust joint

Noun

rust joint (plural rust joints)

  1. A joint made between surfaces of iron by filling the space between them with a wet mixture of cast-iron borings, sal ammoniac, and sulfur, which by oxidation becomes hard and impervious to steam, water, etc.

Questions about rust joints

What is rust joints the plural of?
Rust joints is the plural of rust joint.

Words near rust joints in the dictionary

  1. rust flies
  2. rust fly
  3. rust fungi
  4. rust fungus
  5. rust joint
  6. rust joints
  7. rust mite
  8. rust mites
  9. rust off
  10. rust out
  11. rust through

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