stainless
nounEtymology From stain + -less.
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Abbreviation, Ellipsis, Usually Ellipsis of stainless steel.
- The conveyors are made entirely of stainless and the whole facility is designed for regular washdowns.
stainless
adjEtymology From stain + -less.
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Describing an alloy that is resistant to corrosion and discoloration.
- Lead is used as part of the tumbler’s vacuum insulation and is covered by a stainless steel layer that protects consumers from lead exposure, according to the Stanley cup manufacturer, Pacific Market International.2024 January 26, Madeline Holcombe and Sandee LaMotte, “Stanley and other drink cups contain lead. Should you be worried?”, in CNN:
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Unmarked, spotless.
3
Free from sin; morally pure.
- After that there were boastings in Hereot! Then did the warriors brag before their stainless queen.1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 28:
- Derived terms
- stainlessly, stainlessness