galvanised

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galvanised

adjective galvanized

  1. UK, not comparable Of metal, coated with zinc as a form of protection against rust. galvanised pipes

    Similar: zinced

  2. not comparable, 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.

verb galvanized

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of galvanise

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adj coated with zinc

Portuguêsgalvanizado
Deutschverzinkt
Ελληνικάγαλβανισμένος galvanisménos

adj subjected to galvanism

Deutschgalvanisiert, elektrisiert

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@misc{galvanised_2026,
  title = {galvanised},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/galvanised},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}