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ELECTRUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does electrum mean?
• ELECTRUM (noun)
The noun ELECTRUM has 1 sense:
1. an alloy of gold and silver
Familiarity information: ELECTRUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An alloy of gold and silver
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("electrum" is a kind of...):
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)
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