NOUN | substance | guinea gold, red brass | brass with enough copper to give it a reddish tint |
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substance | guinea gold | 22-karat gold from which guinea coins were made |
Meaning | brass with enough copper to give it a reddish tint; used for plumbing pipe and other brass hardware and in cheap jewelry. | |
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Synonym | red brass | |
Broader | brass | An alloy of copper and zinc |
Meaning | 22-karat gold from which guinea coins were made. | |
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Broader | gold, Au, atomic number 79 | A soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element |
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