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nickel

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: nickel

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a hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion; used in alloys; occurs in pentlandite and smaltite and garnierite and millerite
plate with nickel
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five dollars worth of a drug
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: nickel
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n a hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion; used in alloys; occurs in pentlandite and smaltite and garnierite and millerite

Synonyms:
Ni, atomic number 28
Type of:
metal, metallic element
any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.

n a United States coin worth one twentieth of a dollar

Type of:
coin
a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money

v plate with nickel

“nickel the plate”
Type of:
plate
coat with a layer of metal
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n five dollars worth of a drug

“a nickel bag of drugs”
“a nickel deck of heroin”
Synonyms:
nickel note
Type of:
five dollar bill, five-spot, fiver
a United States bill worth 5 dollars
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