Meanings
alternative galvanized
- not comparableobsoleteHaving been subjected to galvanism; electrified.
I go to London and see the busy multitudes in Fleet Street and the Strand, and it comes across my mind that they are but the ghosts of the past, haunting the streets that I have seen silent and wretched, going to and fro, phantasms in a dead city, the mockery of life in a galvanized body.
1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 302
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOf metal, coated with zinc as a form of protection against rust.
Translations
Danish galvaniseret
- galvaniseretcoated with zinc
German verzinkt, galvanisiert
- verzinktcoated with zinc
- galvanisiertsubjected to galvanism
- elektrisiertsubjected to galvanism
Greek γαλβανισμένος
- γαλβανισμένος (galvanisménos)coated with zinc
Hungarian horganyzott
- horganyzottcoated with zinc
Māori kiritai konutea
- kiritai konuteacoated with zinc
Norwegian Bokmål galvanisert
- galvanisertcoated with zinc
Portuguese galvanizado
- galvanizadocoated with zinc
Swedish förzinkad
- förzinkadcoated with zinc
Tagalog galbanisado
- galbanisadocoated with zinc
Cite this entry
galvanised. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/galvanised
“galvanised.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/galvanised. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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