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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

• GILDING METAL (noun)

Sense 1

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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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