A malleable ductile silvery-white metallic element that is strong and corrosion-resistant, occurring principally in pentlandite and niccolite: used in alloys, especially in toughening steel, in electroplating, and as a catalyst in organic synthesis.
(Source: CED)
priced at 5 cents; "I can still remember when a nickel ice-cream cone cost only 10 cents"
costing 5 dollars; slang for the price of unlawful drugs; "a nickel bag"
a US coin worth one twentieth of a dollar
plate with nickel; "nickel the plate"
a hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion; used in alloys; occurs in pentlandite and smaltite and garnierite and millerite
a United States coin worth one twentieth of a dollar
five dollars worth of a drug; "a nickel bag of drugs"; "a nickel deck of heroin"
