nickel

/nˈɪkʌl/

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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
Noun
a United States coin worth one twentieth of a dollar
Noun
five dollars worth of a drug; "a nickel bag of drugs"; "a nickel deck of heroin"
Verb
plate with nickel; "nickel the plate"