Nickel

n.	1.	(Chem.) A bright silver-white metallic element of atomic number 28. It is of the iron group, and is hard, malleable, and ductile. It occurs combined with sulphur in millerite, with arsenic in the mineral niccolite, and with arsenic and sulphur in nickel glance. Symbol Ni. Atomic weight 58.70.
	2.	A small coin made of or containing nickel; esp., a five-cent piece. Nickel silver an alloy of nickel, copper, and zinc; - usually called german silver; called also argentan.

Noun	1.	nickel - a hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion; used in alloys; occurs in pentlandite and smaltite and garnierite and millerite Synonyms: atomic number 28, Ni
	2.	nickel - a United States coin worth one twentieth of a dollar
	3.	nickel - five dollars worth of a drug; "a nickel bag of drugs"; "a nickel deck of heroin" Synonyms: nickel note
Verb	1.	nickel - plate with nickel; "nickel the plate"

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