1. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion; used in alloys; occurs in pentlandite and smaltite and garnierite and millerite
   "The factory used nickel in their stainless steel production";
   - Ni, atomic number 28
    
2. A United States coin worth one twentieth of a dollar
   "The gumball machine only accepted nickels"

1. Plate with nickel
   "nickel the plate"

Derived forms: nickeling, nickelled, nickeled, nickels, nickelling

Type of: coin, metal, metallic element, plate

Part of: garnierite, millerite, pentlandite, smaltite

Encyclopedia: Nickel, Nickel