aluminum

B2 Topic:Materials & Substances

Also spelled aluminium and luminium

US /əˈlu.mɪ.nəm/ UK /ˌæl.(j)ʊˈmɪn.jəm/ See IPA manual

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noun
A light, silvery metal used to make cans, foil, and many other products.

The drink cans are made of recycled aluminum.

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1 noun · a light, silvery metal used... aluminium

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Forms aluminums

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aluminum chloride
a compound of aluminum and chlorine used in some industrial chemical processes

Noun + noun

Etymology

Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1812, after the earlier 1807 New Latin form alumium. By surface analysis, Latin alumen + -um

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