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• nickel plate
  nickel plate

  noun

  a thin coating of nickel deposited on the surface of a piece of metal, as by electroplating.
• nickel-plate
  nickel-plate

  verb (used with object)

  to coat with nickel by electroplating or other process.

nickel plate

¹ American  

noun

1. a thin coating of nickel deposited on the surface of a piece of metal, as by electroplating.

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nickel-plate ² American  

[nik-uhl-pleyt] / ˈnɪk əlˈpleɪt /

verb (used with object)

nickel-plated, nickel-plating

1. to coat with nickel by electroplating or other process.

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nickel plate British  

noun

1. a thin layer of nickel deposited on a surface, usually by electrolysis

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Etymology

Origin of nickel plate¹

First recorded in 1870–75

Origin of nickel-plate²

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

Salesmen studied its points: plenty of nickel plate; narrow, high radiator; low, elliptical lines; 8-cylinder, V-type motor; 125-in. wheelbase; six body types� roadster, phaeton, coup�, convertible coup�, victoria and sedan.

From Time Magazine Archive

He took out a nickel plate that bore his name.

From The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul by Day, Holman

In the sense of the poet Goethe—that meek idolater of provincial three carat royalty and nobility—our press is certainly bankrupt in the "thrill of awe"—otherwise reverence; reverence for nickel plate and brummagem.

From The American Claimant by Twain, Mark

This film is not a coating added on the outside like paint and enamel or tin and nickel plate.

From Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries by Slosson, Edwin E.

The description of Barber's brace documents a major technical change: wood to steel, leather washers to ball bearings, and natural patina to nickel plate.

From Woodworking Tools 1600-1900 by Welsh, Peter C.