What does bimetallic mean?

bimetallic means "pertaining to a monetary system based on two metals". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in bimetallic?

bimetallic has 4 syllables: bi-me-tal-lic. The stress falls on "tal".

What is another word for bimetallic?

Close synonyms include bimetallistic, bimetal. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bimetallic a common word?

bimetallic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

bimetallic — meaning, pronunciation and 2 definitions

adjective

2 sensesA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
pertaining to a monetary system based on two metals
“in a bimetallistic system both gold and silver can constitute legal tender”
Synonymsbimetallistic
2.
formed of two different metals or alloys; especially in sheets bonded together
Synonymsbimetal
Similarmetallic

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What does bimetallic mean?: bimetallic means "pertaining to a monetary system based on two metals". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

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