- 1. n. A hard, tough, but easily fusible, alloy, originally consisting of tin with a little lead, but afterwards modified by the addition of copper, antimony, or bismuth. Source: opted
- 2. n. Utensils or vessels made of pewter, as dishes, porringers, drinking vessels, tankards, pots. Source: opted
- 3. n. any of various alloys of tin with small amounts of other metals (especially lead) Source: wordnet
- 4. 1. A hard, tough, but easily fusible, alloy, originally consisting of tin with a little lead, but afterwards modified by the addition of copper, antimony, or bismuth. 2. Utensils or vessels made of pewter, as dishes, porringers, drinking vessels, tankards, pots. Note: Pewter was formerly much used for domestic utensils. Inferior sorts contain a large proportion of lead. Source: webster
- 5. n:100 n. any of various alloys of tin with small amounts of other metals (especially lead) Source: ecdict
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