| ADJECTIVE | all | pinchbeck | serving as an imitation or substitute |
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| NOUN | substance | pinchbeck | an alloy of copper and zinc that is used in cheap jewelry to imitate gold |
| Meaning | Serving as an imitation or substitute. | |
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| Example | "pinchbeck heroism" | |
| Broader | counterfeit, imitative | not genuine |
| Meaning | An alloy of copper and zinc that is used in cheap jewelry to imitate gold. | |
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| Broader | alloy, metal | A mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten |
| Spanish | similor | |
| Catalan | similor | |
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