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galvanized iron

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galvanized iron, galvanised iron
n
(Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) Building trades iron, esp a sheet of corrugated iron, covered with a protective coating of zinc
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Noun1.galvanized iron - iron that is coated with zinc to protect it from rust
corrugated iron - usually galvanized sheet iron or sheet steel shaped into straight parallel ridges and hollows
atomic number 26, Fe, iron - a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood
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galvanized iron [ˈgælvəˌnaɪzdˈaɪən] nferro zincato
galvanized iron [ˈgælvəˌnaɪzdˈaɪən] nferro zincato


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They were buried as they died, being carted on a sheet of galvanized iron, in their nakedness, from the hospital to the hole in the ground.
In its frozen state it was more like strips of galvanized iron, and when a dog wrestled it into his stomach it thawed into thin and innutritious leathery strings and into a mass of short hair, irritating and indigestible.
It must have a roof of galvanized iron and an octagon-drop-clock.
 
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