Home › Words › U › unrustunrustunrust means to remove rust from a metal object.EtymologyFrom un- + rust.verbTo remove rust from a metal object.e.g.“Miss Mattie started a roaring fire, and everyone hung up the wet clothes while the cat played, tea water boiled, and the king planned how to unrust his knights.” — 1995, Lee Ebler, “The Fist Wet Clothes Drying Party”, in Editors of Highlights for Children, editor, Frog For a Day and Other Fanciful Adventure Stories, →ISBN, page 17:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.derusting 74% match — The act of derusting (in various senses). vs unrust →deruster 74% match — A chemical that removes rust. vs unrust →derust 72% match — To remove rust from (something). vs unrust →unrusting 69% match — That does not rust. vs unrust →unrusty 66% match — Not rusty. vs unrust →unroost 66% match — To remove from the roost. vs unrust →unrustable 65% match — Not susceptible to rust. vs unrust →undust 61% match — To remove dust from (something); to dust, dust off. vs unrust →