HyperDic: tambac

English > 1 sense of the word tambac:
NOUNsubstancetambac, tombac, tombakan alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding
English > tambac: 1 sense > noun 1, substance
MeaningAn alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding.
Synonymstombac, tombak
Broaderalloy, metalA mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten
Spanishtambac, tombac, tombak, tumbaga
Catalantambac, tombac, tombak, tumbaga

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