Meaning & Definition of Nickel in English
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Nickel
/nɪkəl/
noun
1. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion
- Used in alloys
- Occurs in pentlandite and smaltite and garnierite and millerite
synonym:
- nickel,
- Ni,
- atomic number 28
2. A united states coin worth one twentieth of a dollar
synonym:
- nickel
3. Five dollars worth of a drug
- "A nickel bag of drugs"
- "A nickel deck of heroin"
synonym:
- nickel,
- nickel note
verb
1. Plate with nickel
- "Nickel the plate"
synonym:
- nickel
Examples of using
I just found a nickel in the street.