zinc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: zĭngk
ipa: /zɪŋk/
rhymes: -ɪŋk
Forms: form: zincs
form: zinke
form: zink
Etymology: Borrowed from German Zink, related to Zinke (“point, prong”), from Middle High German zinke, from Old High German zinko (“prong, tine”), allied to zint (“a jag, point”), from Proto-Germanic *tindaz (“prong, pinnacle”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts (“tooth, projection”). Cognate with Old English tind (“tine, prong”), Middle Low German tinde, Icelandic tindur (“spike, tooth of a rake or harrow, pinnacle, peak, battlement”). See also Dutch tinne (“battlement”), German Zinne (“pinnacle, battlement”), Danish tinde (“pinnacle, battlement”), Swedish tinne (“tooth of a rake”), More at tine. Doublet of zincum.
Senses: examples: text: As for daytime sun protection, Dr. Bowe said mineral sunscreens made with zinc oxide may be gentler on sensitized skin than chemical formulas.
ref: 2023 December 6, Jessica DeFino, “Too Many Products Can Stress Out Your Skin. Here’s How to Scale Back.”, in The New York Times:
glosses: A chemical element (symbol Zn) with an atomic number of 30, a blue-silvery metal that is slightly brittle at room temperature and tarnishes slightly in moist air.
glosses: A single atom of this element.
glosses: A corrugated iron roof.
examples: text: Then, three workmen throwing dice for drinks. And their heads come sharply together as they count the scores. And so violently do they throw the dice that they shoot off "the zinc" on to the floor.
ref: 1904, The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art:
text: Even if there were a Chef and Brewer near Marble Arch, the name suggests a pint and pie, not a prawn and tomato sandwich and “a dock glass of white port off the zinc”; i.e., a small glass of a fine aperitif, at the counter […]
ref: 2010, Chris Ackerley, Demented Particulars, page 44:
glosses: A zinc countertop.
Synonyms: word: zincum
Derived terms: sense: element
word: Berne Zinc tablet
sense: element
word: butter of zinc
sense: element
word: cadmium zinc telluride
sense: element
word: flowers of zinc
sense: element
word: platinum-zinc
sense: element
word: sulfate of zinc
sense: element
word: sulphate of zinc
sense: element
word: uranyl zinc acetate
sense: element
word: zinc acetate
sense: element
word: zinc acexamate
sense: element
word: zinc-air
sense: element
word: zinc alum
sense: element
word: zinc amide
sense: element
word: zincate
sense: element
word: zinc blende
sense: element
word: zinc bloom
sense: element
word: zinc-bloom
sense: element
word: zinc carbonate
sense: element
word: zinc-carbon battery
sense: element
word: zinc chills
sense: element
word: zinc chloride
sense: element
word: zinc chromate
sense: element
word: zinc chromate hydroxide
sense: element
word: zinc chrome
sense: element
word: zinc dichloride
sense: element
word: zinc dust
sense: element
word: zinced
sense: element
word: zincked
sense: element
word: zinc finger
sense: element
word: zinc foil
sense: element
word: zinc gluconate
sense: element
word: zinc gluconate glycine
sense: element
word: zinc gray
sense: element
word: zinc grey
sense: element
word: zinc green
sense: element
word: zinc group
sense: element
word: zinc hydroxide
sense: element
word: zincian
sense: element
word: zincic
sense: element
word: zinckic
sense: element
word: zinciferous
sense: element
word: zinckiferous
sense: element
word: zinkiferous
sense: element
word: zincification
sense: element
word: zincify
sense: element
word: zincing
sense: element
word: zincking
sense: element
word: zinc iron
sense: element
word: zincite
sense: element
word: zinckite
sense: element
word: zinkite
sense: element
word: zinc methyl
sense: element
word: zinco-
sense: element
word: zincography
sense: element
word: zincoid
sense: element
word: zinc oxide
sense: element
word: zinc powder
sense: element
word: zinc protoporphyrin
sense: element
word: zinc pyrithione
sense: element
word: zinc roof
sense: element
word: zinc selenide
sense: element
word: zinc shakes
sense: element
word: zinc spar
sense: element
word: zinc spinel
sense: element
word: zinc sponge
sense: element
word: zinc stearate
sense: element
word: zinc sulfate
sense: element
word: zinc sulfide
sense: element
word: zinc sulphide
sense: element
word: zinc sulphate
sense: element
word: zinc uranyl acetate
sense: element
word: zinc white
sense: element
word: zinc yellow
sense: element
word: zincy
sense: element
word: zincky
sense: element
word: zinky
sense: element
word: zineb
Related terms: word: zincode
word: zincous
sense: other terms of interest
word: blende
sense: other terms of interest
word: brass
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word: calamine
sense: other terms of interest
word: franklinite
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word: German silver
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word: nickelled silver
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word: smithsonite
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word: solder
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word: spelter
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word: sphalerite
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word: typewriter metal