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# zinc

«zinc» in Mova's school dictionary: **a bluish-white metal, a chemical element (symbol Zn)** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (zinc — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Zinc is a bluish-white metal, a chemical element (symbol Zn). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zinc/#m1)

2) Zinc is used to coat iron and steel to stop rust. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zinc/#m2)

3) Zinc is a mineral your body needs in small amounts, found in foods like meat, nuts and beans. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zinc/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science, zinc is used in batteries and in making brass (with copper). Zinc cream or zinc oxide is a white sun cream, famous on cricketers' noses in Australia. Galvanised buckets and fences are zinc-coated.

### examples

- The bucket is coated with zinc so it won't rust. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zinc/#x1)
- Zinc and copper make brass. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zinc/#x2)
- The cricketer had white zinc cream on his nose. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zinc/#x3)
- Batteries often contain zinc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zinc/#x4)
- Your body needs a little zinc to heal cuts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zinc/#x5)
- Zinc's symbol is Zn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zinc/#x6)

### note

Uncountable. Spelt with a c. Too much zinc as a supplement can be harmful — follow the label.

### In the corpora

- [Paint stops rust until it is scratched; galvanised steel has a zinc coat that protects the iron even at a scratch.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/37-olympiad-everyday-chemistry-detectives/7/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «zinc» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Z/zinc/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.