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nickel
noun
- a hard, silver-white, malleable metallic chemical element, used extensively in alloys, batteries, and for plating because of its resistance to oxidation: symbol, Ni; at. no., 28
- ☆ a U.S. or Canadian coin made of an alloy of nickel and copper and equal to 5 cents
transitive verb nickeled or nickelled, nickeling or nickelling
to plate with nickel
See nickel in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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