# minargent

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. An alloy of (starting with the main component, and ending with the smallest) copper, nickel, tungsten, and aluminium, formerly used by jewellers as a substitute for silver.

## Etymology
Probably from aluminium and Latin argentum (“silver”).

## Source
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