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View synonyms for base metal
base metal
noun
- any metal other than a precious or noble metal, as copper, lead, zinc, or tin. Compare noble metal, precious metal.
- the principal metal of an alloy.
- the principal metal of a piece underlying a coating of another metal; core.
base metal
noun
- any of certain common metals such as copper, lead, zinc, and tin, as distinct from the precious metals, gold, silver, and platinum
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He 'sophisticated' it, as the parliamentary documents call it—that is, he used base metal instead of bullion.
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A pair of scales for weighing ore and buttons of base metal.
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Base metal though it were, it seemed pure gold to his listeners.
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"But all these watches are of base metal, and I want one of good gold and handsome finish," observed my grandmother.
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The gold in their nature is now so mixed with base metal that in any great trial the coin would sooner break than bend.
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