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TOMBAK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tombak mean?
• TOMBAK (noun)
The noun TOMBAK 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: TOMBAK 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 ("tombak" 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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