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ferretto

ferretto noun: copper sulphide, used to colour glass.

Noun

ferretto (uncountable)

  1. copper sulphide, used to colour glass.

Origin of ferretto

From Italian ferretto di Spagna, diminutive of ferro (“iron”), from Latin ferrum.

Questions about ferretto

What does ferretto mean?
Ferretto means copper sulphide, used to colour glass.
What part of speech is ferretto?
Ferretto is a noun.

Words near ferretto in the dictionary

  1. ferrets out
  2. ferretsona
  3. ferretsonas
  4. Ferretti
  5. Ferrettis
  6. ferretto
  7. ferrety
  8. Ferreyra
  9. Ferreyras
  10. Ferri
  11. ferri-

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