"stainless" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: stain + -less Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|stain|less}} stain + -less Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} stainless (not comparable)
  1. Describing an alloy that is resistant to corrosion and discoloration. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms (resistant to corrosion): rustproof Translations (describing an alloy that is resistant to corrosion and discoloration): неръждаем (nerǎždaem) (Bulgarian), roestvrij (Dutch), ruostumaton (Finnish), inoxydable (French), inoxidábel (Galician), inoxidable (Galician), rostfrei (German), ανοξείδωτος (anoxeídotos) [masculine] (Greek), rozsdamentes (Hungarian), ryðfrír [masculine] (Icelandic), inox (Italian), inossidabile (Italian), nerūsošs [masculine] (Latvian), nierdzewny (Polish), inoxidável (Portuguese), अमल (amala) (Sanskrit), inoxidable (Spanish), rostfri (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-stainless-en-adj-hqsuVjLm Disambiguation of 'resistant to corrosion': 93 7 Disambiguation of 'describing an alloy that is resistant to corrosion and discoloration': 99 1
  2. Unmarked, spotless. Tags: not-comparable Translations (unmarked, spotless): неопетнен (neopetnen) (Bulgarian), tahraton (Finnish), ανοξείδωτος (anoxeídotos) [masculine] (Greek), άσπιλος (áspilos) [masculine] (Greek), ακηλίδωτος (akilídotos) [masculine] (Greek), pulito [masculine] (Italian), pulita [feminine] (Italian), nieskazitelny (Polish), अमल (amala) (Sanskrit), དྲི་མེད (dri med) (Tibetan)
    Sense id: en-stainless-en-adj-LY5UlOrv Disambiguation of 'unmarked, spotless': 1 99

Noun

Forms: stainlesses [plural]
Etymology: stain + -less Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|stain|less}} stain + -less Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} stainless (usually uncountable, plural stainlesses)
  1. Short for stainless steel. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable, usually Alternative form of: stainless steel
    Sense id: en-stainless-en-noun-i6uoJI5o Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 7 69 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 29 5 66

Inflected forms

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