Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

galvanised

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.55 in modern English

Syllables: gal-vanised
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of metal, coated with zinc as a form of protection against rust.

British usage

adj

Having been subjected to galvanism; electrified.

Obsolete

verb

simple past and past participle of galvanise

Example Sentences

"galvanised pipes"
"galvanised steel"
"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."

Usage

British usage
Obsolete

Inflected Forms

galvanized (alternative)

Synonyms

zinced

Questions

What does galvanised mean?: Of metal, coated with zinc as a form of protection against rust.

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