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OREIDE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does oreide mean?
• OREIDE (noun)
The noun OREIDE has 1 sense:
1. alloy of copper and tin and zinc; used in imitation gold jewelry
Familiarity information: OREIDE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Alloy of copper and tin and zinc; used in imitation gold jewelry
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
oreide; oroide
Hypernyms ("oreide" 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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