Usually means: Alloy primarily of tin, lead.
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General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. pewter: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. pewter: Merriam-Webster
  3. pewter: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. pewter: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. pewter: Collins English Dictionary
  6. pewter: Vocabulary.com
  7. Pewter, pewter: Wordnik
  8. pewter: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. pewter: Wiktionary
  10. pewter: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. pewter: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. pewter: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Pewter, pewter: Dictionary.com
  14. pewter: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. pewter: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Pewter: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Pewter: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. pewter: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. pewter: Rhymezone
  20. Pewter: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. pewter: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. Pewter: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  23. pewter: FreeDictionary.org
  24. pewter: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. pewter: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. pewter: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology

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  1. pewter: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Pewter: Eastern Tea
  3. PEWTER: Acronym Finder

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  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. pewter: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. pewter: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  An alloy of approximately 93–98% tin and 1–2% copper, and the balance of antimony.
noun:  (historical) An alloy of tin and lead.
noun:  Items made of pewter; pewterware.
noun:  A beer tankard made from pewter.
noun:  A dark, dull grey colour, like that of the metal.
noun:  (slang, dated) Prize money.
adjective:  Of a dark, dull grey colour, like that of the metal.
verb:  (transitive) To coat with pewter.

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