nickel plate
noun
a thin coating of nickel deposited on the surface of a piece of metal, as by electroplating.
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nickel-plateverb (used with object)to coat with nickel by electroplating or other process.
nickel plate
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nickel-plate
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American
[nik-uhl-pleyt]
/ ˈnɪk əlˈpleɪt /
verb (used with object)
nickel-plated,
nickel-plating
nickel plate
British
noun
Etymology
Origin of nickel plate1
First recorded in 1870–75
Origin of nickel-plate2
First recorded in 1880–85
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Her name in full appeared staring at her from the nickel plate of the dog's collar.
From The Fifth Wheel A Novel by Olive Higgins Prouty
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 Peter C. Welsh
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 Edwin E. Slosson
You can nickel plate a piece of copper in the following manner: Experiment 103.
From Common Science by John W. (John Woodside) Ritchie
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 Holman Day
If it has a bone handle and nickel-plate finish besides, the customer cannot get his money out fast enough.
From Time Magazine Archive
The trick that had to be done was to nickel-plate them inside.
From Time Magazine Archive
"At the worst they can but scratch my beautiful nickel-plate," he said.
From The Marvelous Land of Oz by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
It is all white tiling and shining nickel-plate, as easy to keep clean as a china dish, and just a delight to work in.
From The Little Colonel's Chum: Mary Ware by Etheldred B. (Etheldred Breeze) Barry
Often Martie and Teddy had their supper at Childs', in the clean warm brightness of marble and nickel-plate.
From Martie, the Unconquered by Kathleen Thompson Norris
Rogue Paq Poppy Party Ashtray – The ultimate host’s ashtray, the Poppy Party Ashtray looks like a beautiful poppy, in polished brass or nickel-plated finishes.
From Salon ● Apr. 18, 2025
For nearly two decades, karak — an elixir of sugar, dehydrated milk and cardamom-infused tea — has largely been the same price, just one nickel-plated steel dirham coin.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 24, 2022
Its rounded lower curve rested in Clark’s lap while he bear-hugged the nickel-plated instrument’s middle and the foot-thick bell horn bloomed above him.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 22, 2020
That honor goes to a nickel-plated, cigar-smoking duck he made for the 1978 movie “Convoy” about an armada of truckers who confront a crooked Arizona sheriff.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 2017
The white sink, the commode, and the tub with the nickel-plated fixtures glowed in the pale moonlight.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
Faber invented the nickel-plating of pencil tips, pencil point protectors, rubber tips.
From Time Magazine Archive
It may be used to polish fine nickel-plating, for which purpose it is an excellent material.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Joshua Rose
This is always done in factories where nickel-plating is carried on, but it is inconvenient in the laboratory.
From On Laboratory Arts by Richard Threlfall
The idle passengers, by this time mostly on speaking terms, begin to let the common metal of their real make-up show through the nickel-plating of the first interchange of courtesies.
From All Aboard A Story for Girls by Fannie E. Newberry
She was constructed many years ago and her nickel-plating is nearly gone.
From The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces by Joyce Kilmer
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