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nickel

/ˈnɪk.əl/noun, verb2 syllables

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

Synonyms for nickel14

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

Ni, atomic number 28

noun, as in five dollars worth of a drug

nickel note

also used for nickel

jitney, sixpenny, tinhorn, two a penny, bargainous, brand X, budget, cheap, cheapie, cheapo, cheesy

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What does nickel mean?4

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

2

five dollars worth of a drug“a nickel bag of drugs”

3

a United States coin worth one twentieth of a dollar

verb

1

plate with nickel“nickel the plate”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with nickel?5

two syllables

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Nickel in a sentence

  • I just found a nickel in the street.sharptoothed
  • Earth has a core of molten iron-nickel.Hybrid
  • I found a nickel in between the couch cushions.Eccles17
  • Nickel is a hard metal with a silvery luster.AlanF_US
  • Earth has a core of molten iron and nickel.AlanF_US
  • Nickel is a hard, silver-white metal.CM
  • Nickel is a hard, bright silver metal.jackloring
  • Nickel is a hard, bright-silver metal.unknown

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Forms of nickel

as a noun

plural
nickels

as a verb

past tense
nickeled
present participle
nickeling
third-person singular
nickels
past participle
nickeled