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Word: Nickel
Speech Type: Noun
mid 18th century: shortening of German Kupfernickel, the copper-coloured ore from which nickel was first obtained, from Kupfer ‘copper’ + Nickel ‘demon’ (with reference to the ore's failure to yield copper)
ˈnɪkl
a silvery-white metal, the chemical element of atomic number 28.
Short Definition:chemical element of atomic number 28
a five-cent coin; five cents
Short Definition:five-cent coin
Examples:- a button the size of a nickel
- we will see gasoline prices go up about a nickel
Word: Nickel
Speech Type: Verb
ˈnɪkl
coat with nickel
Short Definition:coat with nickel
Examples:- it's far easier to copper an article than to nickel it
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