nickel

/'nikl/ Cách viết khác : (nickelise) /'nikəlaiz/ (nickelize) /'nikəlaiz/

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Explanation of the Word "Nickel"

Part of Speech: Noun and Verb

Summary

The word "nickel" can refer to a five-cent coin, a small amount of drugs in slang, or the act of coating something with nickel.

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Noun

1. five dollars worth of a drug
   • a nickel bag of drugs
   • a nickel deck of heroin
2. a United States coin worth one twentieth of a dollar
3. a hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion; used in alloys; occurs in pentlandite and smaltite and garnierite and millerite

Verb

1. plate with nickel
   • nickel the plate

Synonyms

• nickel note
• Ni
• atomic number 28