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GILDING METAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gilding metal mean?
• GILDING METAL (noun)
The noun GILDING METAL has 1 sense:
1. a brass that is rich in copper; used to make articles that were to be gilded
Familiarity information: GILDING METAL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A brass that is rich in copper; used to make articles that were to be gilded
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("gilding metal" is a kind of...):
brass (an alloy of copper and zinc)
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