noun ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   American, Canadian, and Philippines standard spelling of aluminium. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   a silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite wordnet

Synonyms

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alaluminiumatomic number 13goldironlead

Antonyms

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tin

Example

More examples

"Make balls 3 centimeters in diameter and place them on a sheet of buttered aluminum foil."

Etymology

Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1812, after the earlier 1807 New Latin form alumium. By surface analysis, Latin alumen + -um

Related phrases

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