Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of the color of iron-rust; ferruginous.

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  • adjective having the brown color of rust

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Examples

  • When Schiavone's backhand sailed long on match point, Li fell to the court, covering the back of her white shirt with rust-colored clay.

    Li Na Wins French Open Title 2011

  • As he was pushing the largest one, he noticed a large rust-colored smear on its surface.

    Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011

  • As he was pushing the largest one, he noticed a large rust-colored smear on its surface.

    Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011

  • Brian Harkin for The Wall Street Journal City College of New York The rust-colored townhome, with four bedrooms and three bathrooms, measures 3,200 square feet, is currently on the market for $2 million.

    Tasting the Sweetness in Hamilton Heights Joseph De Avila 2011

  • In one mustard-yellow and rust-colored building, a group of archaeology students have gathered to discuss past trips to Mes Aynak and their hopes of one day returning.

    Buried Treasure Marisa Mazria Katz 2012

  • When Schiavone's backhand sailed long on match point, Li fell to the court, covering the back of her white shirt with rust-colored clay.

    Li Na Wins French Open Title 2011

  • It dominates its oddly shaped polygonal patch of land at Wisconsin and Albemarle Street NW, a large, rust-colored form with an appealing and repetitive screen of vertical sunshades along its south and east faces.

    One of the best things for D.C. in decades Philip Kennicott 2011

  • Standing at the boards, Dad wore his best brown tweed sport coat — the one with a coordinated rust-colored silk hankie peeking from the outer pocket.

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: Thanks Dad Jack Canfield 2011

  • Tap the screen and a beautiful woman will tell you in a reasonably convincing voice that your wispy, rust-colored comb-over actually looks really good now that you've dyed it Auburn Sunburst Conflagration.

    New Apps: Thinking Outside the Litter Box Joe Queenan 2011

  • Passing a deep river bed etched into the dry, rust-colored earth, I reflected that it was likely to be surging with spring runoff in a couple of months.

    Meg Pier: Arizona's Sinagua Petroglyphs Inspire Wonder Meg Pier 2011

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