pinchbeck

Speech parts

1. pinchbeck - Noun

2. pinchbeck - Adjective

3. pinchbeck - Adjective Satellite

4. Pinchbeck - Proper noun

Meaning

An alloy of copper and zinc, resembling gold; a yellow metal, composed of about three ounces of zinc to a pound of copper. It is much used as an imitation of gold in the manufacture of cheap jewelry.

Made of pinchbeck; sham; cheap; spurious; unreal.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

tawdry artificial cheap inferior fake imitation mock spurious counterfeit sham bogus shoddy trashy ersatz second-rate
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Antonyms

immaculate natural real true bona fide actual
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Hypernyms

metal alloy

Examples

pinchbeck heroism Source: Internet

A journalist, author and ‘psychedelic advocate’, Pinchbeck recently published a new book entitled 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl. Source: Internet

“It’s clearly going to be a tough start against a Pinchbeck side who have a bit of financial clout to get the players they need to be successful for this level. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Pinchas Zukerman Pinchback pinchbar pinchcock pinchcommons pinche