Definitions for electrum

electrum e·lec·trum

Spelling: [ih-lek-truh m]
IPA: /ɪˈlɛk trəm/

Electrum is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 209 anagrams from letters in electrum (ceelmrtu).

Definitions for electrum

noun

  1. an amber-colored alloy of gold and silver used in ancient times.
  2. an alloy composed of about 50 percent copper, 30 percent nickel, and 20 percent zinc.
  3. German silver; nickel silver.

Origin of electrum

1350-1400; Middle English Latin Greek ḗlektron amber, alloy of gold and silver

Examples for electrum

In what way did electrum induce attention to this property of force in matter?

They were fairly adroit workers in silver, electrum, and especially in gold.

Some think that it was the electrum of the ancients, which was an alloy of silver and gold.

It is an electrum, and magic and the observance of the hour have nothing to do with it.

It was sometimes inscribed with pictures and hieroglyphs, and covered with a capping of gold-metal or electrum (which see).

Because it first revealed itself to human observation through a substance called, in the Greek language, electrum.

The most ancient Lydian coins are likewise made of electrum.

It was of electrum, a kind of brass at this time called the gold of the poor.

The coins first issued by the Lydians were of electrum, an alloy of gold and silver.

The Lydians began coinage by stamping with a punch each ingot or nugget of gold or silver, or a mixture of them called “electrum.”

Word Value for electrum
Scrable

12

Words with friends

16

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