English to French Meaning of pewter - étain

Pewter :

étain

noun

étain, métal cloche, récipient de métal de cloche

Pewter :: étainPewters :: étains

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Definitions of pewter in English

Noun(1) any of various alloys of tin with small amounts of other metals (especially lead

Examples of pewter in English

(1) It is sapphire against the pale silver wash of the sky and pewter against the amber of the towering hills that he adds in next.(2) The reproduction industry did not focus attention on wrought iron as it did on pewter , brass and copper.(3) the kitchen pewter(4) Exterior finishes are available in polished brass, antique brass, brushed nickel, pewter , satin black and matte gold tones.(5) Modern pewter is mostly tarnish-resistant alloys of about 90% tin with antimony or copper.(6) Snow swirled around them in little eddies, and the sky was the flat dark grey of pewter .(7) looking back at that pewter sky(8) Originally, pewter was defined as an alloy of tin and lead, but to avoid toxicity and dullness of finish, lead is excluded from modern pewter .(9) Byard arranged for many shipments of antique furniture, brass, and pewter to be sent to Shelburne for Webb to consider for purchase.(10) There was no bridge, but flat ferry-rafts winched their way across it on heavy cables, and icy, slate-gray water gurgled under a dull, pewter sky.(11) a pewter sky(12) Both the pewter and Sheffield Plate collections benefited from large bequests particularly that of Colonel Croft Lyons.(13) The redhead looked around, the slowly rising moon casting him all silver and pewter and bronze.(14) these lockets are made of gold, silver, or pewter(15) The traditional alloy of pewter most widely used into the 17th Century consisted of tin and copper with small amounts of other elements.(16) pewter tankards

(1) pewit gull ::

vanneau mouette

Synonyms

1. pewter ::

étain

2. bell metal ::

métal cloche

3. vessel of bell metal ::

récipient de métal de cloche

Different Forms

pewter, pewters

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