albata
Meanings
noun
- A white alloy of copper, nickel and zinc, once used to make cheap cutlery etc
Word forms
Etymology
From Latin albata (“whitened”), the past participle of albāre (“to whiten”), from albus (“white”) + -āre (suffix forming verbs).
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