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Definition nickel

Etymology

Borrowed from German Nickel, first used in a text by the Swedish mineralogist Axel F. Cronstedt as an abbreviation of Kupfernickel (“a mineral containing copper and nickel”), from Kupfer (“copper”) + Nickel (“insignificant person, goblin”), originally nickname of Nikolaus (“Nicholas”), due to the deceptive silver colour of the relatively valueless ore. Compare cobalt as related to kobolds.

Noun

nickel (countable and uncountable, plural nickels)

  1. (uncountable) A silvery elemental metal with an atomic number of 28 and symbol Ni.
  2. (US, Canada, countable) A coin worth 5 cents.
  3. (US, slang, by extension) Five dollars.
  4. (US, slang, by extension) Five hundred dollars.
  5. (US, slang, sometimes the nickel or the hot nickel) Interstate 5, a highway that runs along the west coast of the United States.
  6. (slang) A playing card with the rank of five
  7. (US, slang) A five-year prison sentence.
  8. (American football) A defensive formation with five defensive backs, one of whom is a nickelback, instead of the more common four.

Verb

nickel (third-person singular simple present nickels, present participle nickeling or nickelling, simple past and past participle nickeled or nickelled)

  1. (transitive) To plate with nickel.

Results 188 Words with the letters NICKEL

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NICKEL 15
NICKLE 15
5 letter words with the letters NICKEL 
CLINE 10
CLINK 14
INKLE 11
LIKEN 11
4 letter words with the letters NICKEL 
CEIL 8
CINE 8
KILN 10
KINE 9
LICE 8
LICK 12
LIEN 6
LIKE 9
LINE 6
LINK 10
NECK 12
NICE 8
NICK 12
3 letter words with the letters NICKEL 
CEL 7
ELK 8
ICE 6
ICK 10
ILK 8
INK 8
KEN 8
KIN 8
LEI 4
LEK 8
LIE 4
LIN 5
NIL 5
2 letter words with the letters NICKEL 
EL 3
EN 3
IN 3
KI 6
LI 3
NE 3

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