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calamine brass

calamine brass noun: brass produced by a particular alloying technique using the zinc ore calamine directly, rather than first refining it to metallic zinc.

Noun

calamine brass (uncountable)

  1. Brass produced by a particular alloying technique using the zinc ore calamine directly, rather than first refining it to metallic zinc.

Questions about calamine brass

What does calamine brass mean?
Calamine brass means brass produced by a particular alloying technique using the zinc ore calamine directly, rather than first refining it to metallic zinc.
What part of speech is calamine brass?
Calamine brass is a noun.

Words near calamine brass in the dictionary

  1. Calamian
  2. Calamians
  3. Calamias
  4. calamiferous
  5. calamine
  6. calamine brass
  7. calamined
  8. calamines
  9. calamining
  10. calamint
  11. calamints

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