stainless en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree English stain Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English stainless From stain + -less.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Describing an alloy that is resistant to corrosion and discoloration.
Lead is used as part of the tumbler’s vacuum insulation and is covered by a stainless steel layer that protects consumers from lead exposure, according to the Stanley cup manufacturer, Pacific Market International.
2024 January 26, Madeline Holcombe and Sandee LaMotte, “Stanley and other drink cups contain lead. Should you be worried?”, in CNN:
- (not-comparable) Unmarked, spotless.
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(not-comparable) Free from sin; morally pure.
After that there were boastings in Hereot! Then did the warriors brag before their stainless queen.
1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 28:
Deriveds
Synonyms
Translations (29)
fr inoxydable (describing an alloy that is resistant to corrosion and discoloration) · el ακηλίδωτος (unmarked, spotless) · it inox (describing an alloy that is resistant to corrosion and discoloration) · lv nerūsošs (describing an alloy that is resistant to corrosion and discoloration) · it pulita (unmarked, spotless) · el άσπιλος (unmarked, spotless) · el ανοξείδωτος (unmarked, spotless) · el ανοξείδωτος (describing an alloy that is resistant to corrosion and discoloration) · es inoxidable (describing an alloy that is resistant to corrosion and discoloration) · fi ruostumaton (describing an alloy that is resistant to corrosion and discoloration) · bg неръждаем (describing an alloy that is resistant to corrosion and discoloration) · it pulito (unmarked, spotless) · sv rostfri (describing an alloy that is resistant to corrosion and discoloration) · pl nierdzewny (describing an alloy that is resistant to corrosion and discoloration) · ca inoxidable (describing an alloy that is resistant to corrosion and discoloration) · bo དྲི་མེད (unmarked, spotless) · hu rozsdamentes (describing an alloy that is resistant to corrosion and discoloration) · pl nieskazitelny (unmarked, spotless) · gl inoxidable (describing an alloy that is resistant to corrosion and discoloration) · gl inoxidábel (describing an alloy that is resistant to corrosion and discoloration) · bg неопетнен (unmarked, spotless) · nl roestvrij (describing an alloy that is resistant to corrosion and discoloration) · de rostfrei (describing an alloy that is resistant to corrosion and discoloration) · pt inoxidável (describing an alloy that is resistant to corrosion and discoloration) · sa अमल (unmarked, spotless) · sa अमल (describing an alloy that is resistant to corrosion and discoloration) · is ryðfrír (describing an alloy that is resistant to corrosion and discoloration) · it inossidabile (describing an alloy that is resistant to corrosion and discoloration) · fi tahraton (unmarked, spotless)