Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun zinc

1 sense of zinc

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zinc, Zn, atomic number 30 -- (a bluish-white lustrous metallic element; brittle at ordinary temperatures but malleable when heated; used in a wide variety of alloys and in galvanizing iron; it occurs naturally as zinc sulphide in zinc blende)
       => metallic element, metal -- (any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb zinc

1 sense of zinc

Sense 1
zinc -- (coat or cover with zinc)
       => coat, surface -- (put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface; "coat the cake with chocolate")