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nickeled

Variant of nickel

noun

  1. 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
  2. ☆ 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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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