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Nickel

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Noun

1. atomic number 28, ni, nickel

a hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion; used in alloys; occurs in pentlandite and smaltite and garnierite and millerite

2. nickel

a United States coin worth one twentieth of a dollar

3. nickel, nickel note

five dollars worth of a drug

Example Sentences:
'a nickel bag of drugs'
'a nickel deck of heroin'

Verb

4. nickel

plate with nickel

Example Sentences:
'nickel the plate'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Nickel

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noun
1. 
a malleable ductile silvery-white metallic element that is strong and corrosion-resistant, occurring principally in pentlandite and niccolite: used in alloys, esp in toughening steel, in electroplating, and as a catalyst in organic synthesis. Symbol: Ni; atomic no: 28; atomic wt: 58.6934; valency: 0, 1, 2, or 3; relative density: 8.902; melting pt: 1455°C; boiling pt: 2914°C
2. 
a US and Canadian coin and monetary unit worth five cents
verb -els, -elling, -elled or US -els, -eling or -eled
3. (transitive)
to plate with nickel

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Nickel

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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
see the periodic table of elements in the Reference Supplement
2.  US
a U.S. or Canadian coin made of an alloy of nickel and copper and equal to 5 cents
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈnickeled or ˈnickelled, ˈnickeling or ˈnickelling
3. 
to plate with nickel

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Nickel

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n.
1. Symbol Ni A silvery, hard, ductile, ferromagnetic metallic element used in corrosion-resistant alloys, stainless steel, catalysts for hydrogenation, and batteries, and for electroplating. Atomic number 28; atomic weight 58.69; melting point 1,455°C; boiling point 2,913°C; specific gravity 8.902; valence 0, 1, 2, 3. See Periodic Table.
2. A coin of the United States or Canada worth five cents.
tr.v. nick·eled, nick·el·ing, nick·els or nick·elled or nick·el·ling
To coat with nickel.

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