zinc

IPA: zˈɪŋk

A chemical element (symbol Zn) with an atomic number of 30, a blue-silvery metal that is slightly brittle at room temperature and tarnishes slightly in moist air.
(countable) A single atom of this element.
(Nigeria) A corrugated iron roof.
(UK, dated, colloquial) A zinc countertop.

Examples of "zinc" in Sentences

Being covered in zinc is actually really glamorous.
Why are we not leading the world in zinc-extractive technology?
Foods high in zinc include oysters, pork, chicken, cashews, chickpeas and fortified breakfast cereals.
He gets $20,000 a year in zinc mining royalties from property on which his third home sits, in Carthage, Tennessee.
This unfortunate confusion is somewhat lessened by the use of the terms zinc-spar and hemimorphite (_q. v._) for the carbonate and silicate respectively.
There you go dear Miss Davies - of course we will all be forced to eat mud, live in zinc huts and sell our kids to Gary Glitter if Mummy wasn't available to look after us.
The roof is clad in zinc and is cut and folded cleanly to focus views out to the harbor and diagonally to the trees, while at the same time providing a sense of enclosure and privacy.
Zinc deficiency most often occurs when zinc intake is inadequate or poorly absorbed, when there are increased losses of zinc from the body, or when the body's requirement for zinc increases.
Talvivaara has secured a 10-year off-take agreement for 100 per cent of its main output of nickel and cobalt to Norilsk Nickel and entered into a long-term zinc streaming agreement with Nyrstar NV.