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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tombac  \Tom"bac\,  n.  [Pg.  tambaca,tambaque,  fr  Malay  tamb[=a]ga 
  copper;  cf  Skr.  t[=a]mraka;  cf  F.  tombac.]  (Metal.) 
  An  alloy  of  copper  and  zinc,  resembling  brass,  and  containing 
  about  84  per  cent  of  copper;  --  called  also  {German,  or 
  Dutch,  brass}.  It  is  very  malleable  and  ductile,  and  when 
  beaten  into  thin  leaves  is  sometimes  called  {Dutch  metal}. 
  The  addition  of  arsenic  makes  {white  tombac}.  [Written  also 
  {tombak},  and  {tambac}.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tombac 
  n  :  an  alloy  of  copper  and  zinc  (and  sometimes  arsenic)  used  to 
  imitate  gold  in  cheap  jewelry  and  for  gilding  [syn:  {tombak}, 
  {tambac}] 




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