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GERMAN SILVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does German silver mean? 

GERMAN SILVER (noun)
  The noun GERMAN SILVER has 1 sense:

1. a silver-white alloy containing copper and zinc and nickelplay

  Familiarity information: GERMAN SILVER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GERMAN SILVER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A silver-white alloy containing copper and zinc and nickel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

German silver; nickel silver

Hypernyms ("German silver" is a kind of...):

alloy; metal (a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten)


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