nickel
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion; used in alloys; occurs in pentlandite and smaltite and garnierite and millerite
Types & categories
- metal hypernym
Parts & wholes
- garnierite substance holonym
- millerite substance holonym
- pentlandite substance holonym
- smaltite substance holonym
Related & opposite
- nickel derivation
Sense 2 verb
plate with nickel
nickel the plate
Types & categories
- plate hypernym
Related & opposite
- nickel derivation
Sense 3 noun
a United States coin worth one twentieth of a dollar
Types & categories
- coin hypernym
Sense 4 noun
five dollars worth of a drug
a nickel bag of drugs
Types & categories
- five-spot hypernym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | nickel |
| 1 | substance holonym | Parts & wholes | garnierite |
| 1 | substance holonym | Parts & wholes | millerite |
| 1 | substance holonym | Parts & wholes | pentlandite |
| 1 | substance holonym | Parts & wholes | smaltite |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | metal |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | nickel |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | plate |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | coin |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | five-spot |