Found 3 hits - Term: tambac, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
tambac \tam"bac\, n. metal.
see tombac. obs.
1913 webster
see also:
tombac
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
tombac \tom"bac\, n. pg. tambaca,tambaque, fr. malay tamb=aga
copper; cf. skr. t=amraka; cf. f. tombac. metal.
an alloy of copper and zinc, resembling brass, and containing
about 84 per cent of copper; -- called also german brass or
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. written also
tombak, and tambac.
1913 webster
see also:
german brass dutch brass dutch metal white tombac tombak tambac
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
tambac
n : an alloy of copper and zinc and sometimes arsenic used to
imitate gold in cheap jewelry and for gilding syn: tombac,
tombak
see also:
tombac tombak
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