Thesaurus: tombac
An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling brass, and containing about 84 per cent of copper; -- called also German, / Dutch, brass. It is very malleable and ductile, and when beaten into thin leaves is sometimes called Dut…
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- n. An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling brass, and containing about 84 per cent of copper; -- called also German, / Dutch, brass. It is very malleable and ductile, and when beaten into thin leaves is sometimes called Dutch metal. The addition of arsenic makes white tombac.
- n. an alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding
- n an alloy of copper and zinc (and sometimes arsenic) used to imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding