WOOD'S METAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Wood's metal mean? 

• WOOD'S METAL (noun)
  The noun WOOD'S METAL has 1 sense:

1. a fusible alloy that is half bismuth plus lead, tin, and cadmium; melts at about 160 degrees Fahrenheit

  Familiarity information: WOOD'S METAL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WOOD'S METAL (noun)

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Meaning:

A fusible alloy that is half bismuth plus lead, tin, and cadmium; melts at about 160 degrees Fahrenheit

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Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

Wood's alloy; Wood's metal

Hypernyms ("Wood's metal" 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)