nickel

/ˈnɪkəl/

nounnick · el

Think: a NICK is a small cut—add -EL and you get NICKEL, the small coin.

Yes, it's nickel. Remember the middle is **ck** (like in *nick*), not just **k**: ni**ck**el.

Definitions

  1. nounA U.S. coin worth five cents.
  2. nounA hard, silvery-white metal used in making coins and alloys.

Examples

  • I found a nickel under the couch cushion.
  • The vending machine wouldn’t accept my nickel because it was bent.
  • Nickel is often mixed with other metals to make stainless steel.

Synonyms

five-cent piece5-cent coincoinmetalelement

Translations

ES níquelPT níquelFR nickel

Common misspellings

nikelnicklenikkelnicelnyckelnickel

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