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TAMBAC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tambac mean?
• TAMBAC (noun)
The noun TAMBAC has 1 sense:
1. an alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding
Familiarity information: TAMBAC used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("tambac" 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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