stainless

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English

Etymology

From stain +‎ -less.

Adjective

stainless (not comparable)

Describing an alloy that is resistant to corrosion and discoloration.
Unmarked, spotless.

Synonyms

(resistant to corrosion): rustproof

Translations

describing an alloy that is resistant to corrosion and discoloration

Bulgarian: неръждаем (bg) (nerǎždaem)
Dutch: roestvrij (nl)
Finnish: ruostumaton (fi)
French: inoxydable (fr)
Galician: inoxidábel (gl), inoxidable (gl)
German: rostfrei (de)
Greek: ανοξείδωτος (el) m (anoxeídotos)
Hungarian: rozsdamentes (hu)
Icelandic: ryðfrír m
Italian: inox (it), inossidabile (it)
Latvian: nerūsošs m
Polish: nierdzewny (pl)
Portuguese: inoxidável
Sanskrit: अमल (sa) (amala)
Spanish: inoxidable (es)
Swedish: rostfri (sv)

unmarked, spotless

Bulgarian: неопетнен (bg) (neopetnen)
Finnish: tahraton (fi)
Greek: ανοξείδωτος (el) m (anoxeídotos), άσπιλος (el) m (áspilos), ακηλίδωτος (el) m (akilídotos)
Italian: pulito (it) m, pulita (it) f
Polish: nieskazitelny (pl)
Sanskrit: अमल (sa) (amala)
Tibetan: དྲི་མེད (dri med)

Noun

stainless (usually uncountable, plural stainlesses)

Short for stainless steel.

Translations

stainless steel — see stainless steel

Anagrams

saintless, saltiness, slatiness

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