Pewter

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of numerous silver-gray alloys of tin with various amounts of antimony, copper, and sometimes lead, used widely for fine kitchen utensils and tableware.
  • n. Pewter articles considered as a group.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An alloy of approximately 93–98% tin, 1–2% copper, and the balance of antimony.
  • n. An alloy of tin and lead.
  • n. items made of pewter.
  • n. A dark, dull grey colour, like that of the metal.
  • adj. Of a dark, dull grey colour, like that of the metal.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A hard, tough, but easily fusible, alloy, originally consisting of tin with a little lead, but afterwards modified by the addition of copper, antimony, or bismuth.
  • n. Utensils or vessels made of pewter, as dishes, porringers, drinking vessels, tankards, pots.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An alloy of four parts of tin with one of lead.
  • n. A vessel made of pewter; a tankard; a beerpot.
  • n. Collectively, vessels made of pewter.
  • n. Money; prize-money.
  • n. A material made of calcined tin, used in polishing marble.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. any of various alloys of tin with small amounts of other metals (especially lead)
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    metal    alloy   
    Cross Reference
    Colours    touchmark    trifle   
    Form
    pewterware    pewterer   
    Rhyme
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    Souter    commuter    computer    cooter    cuter    hooter    looter    luter    microcomputer    minicomputer   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    earthenware    crockery    porcelain    half-empty    enamel    brass    stoneware    ceramic    tin    stainless-steel