rustyadjective
uk/ˈrʌs.ti/us/ˈrʌs.ti/rusty adjective (METAL)
B2 covered with rust (= metal decay):
a rusty car/nail
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- My old bicycle was so rusty that the gears had frozen.
- The door squeaked as it swung back and forth on its rusty hinges.
- There was a pile of rusty old cans by the door.
- I pushed back the rusty old gate and staggered into the garden.
- The track remains in position but rusty with disuse.
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Physics: the state of matter
- absorbency
- acid
- acidic
- filtrate
- granulated
- gritty
- heavy water
- limy
- liquid
- molten
- non-flammable
- permeability
- plasma
- powder
- powdered
- pressurized
- runny
- slurry
- sulphur
- thin
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rusty adjective (NEEDING PRACTICE)
B2 If a skill you had is rusty, it is not as good as it was because you have not it:
My Italian is a bit rusty these days.
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Forgetting and forgetfulness
- absent-minded
- be on the tip of your tongue idiom
- beneath the/sb's radar idiom
- blank
- blot sth out
- blur
- brain fade
- ear
- go in one ear and out the other idiom
- least
- least said soonest mended idiom
- lose sight of sth idiom 1
- lose sight of sth
- sight
- sink
- slip sb's memory/mind idiom
- slip through the net idiom
- take sb's mind off sth idiom
- unlearn
- your mind is a blank/goes blank idiom
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