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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: -pinchbecks-, *pinchbecks*, pinchbeck
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Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary (pronunciation guide only)
pinchbecks
pinchbeck

Thai-English: NECTEC's Lexitron-2 Dictionary [with local updates]
นาก(adj) copper alloy, See also: pinchbeck, Example: นากเป็นโลหะผสมของทองคำเงินและทองแดง, Thai Definition: โลหะผสมชนิดหนึ่ง โดยเอาทองคำ เงิน กับทองแดงผสมเข้าด้วยกัน นิยมใช้ทำรูปพรรณต่างๆ

Thai-English-French: Volubilis Dictionary 1.0
นาก[nāk] (n) EN: copper alloy ; pinchbeck ; alloy of gold and copper ; copper red  FR: alliage à base de cuivre et d'or [ m ]

Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary (pronunciation guide only)
pinchbeck
pinchbecks

WordNet (3.0)
pinchbeck(n) an alloy of copper and zinc that is used in cheap jewelry to imitate gold
pinchbeck(adj) serving as an imitation or substitute

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Pinchbeck

n. [ Said to be from the name of the inventor; cf. It. prencisbecco. ] An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling gold; a yellow metal, composed of about three ounces of zinc to a pound of copper. It is much used as an imitation of gold in the manufacture of cheap jewelry. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pinchbeck

a. Made of pinchbeck; sham; cheap; spurious; unreal. “A pinchbeck throne.” J. A. Symonds. [ 1913 Webster ]

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