nickel
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ˈnÉĒ
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ckel
kəl
kēl
/nˈÉĒkə‌l/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "nickel"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

a hard, silvery, malleable, and corrosion-resistant metallic element used in alloys and plating

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Nickel is commonly used in stainless steel production.
02

āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāϕ⧇āϞ, āĻĒāĻžāρāϚ āϏ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§‡āϰ āĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰāĻž

a five-cent coin of Canada and the US
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The candy used to cost a nickel, but now it's much more expensive.
āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻŋāϰ āĻĻāĻžāĻŽ āĻāĻ•āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āύāĻŋāϕ⧇āϞ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻāĻ–āύ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāϝāĻŧāĻŦāĻšā§āϞāĨ¤
03

a quantity of drugs valued at five dollars

Informal
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The dealer sold a nickel of heroin to the buyer.
01

to coat or plate an object with a layer of nickel

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Old appliances were often nickeled for a shiny finish.
App
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