platinum
The chemical element with atomic number 78 and symbol Pt; a dense, malleable, ductile, highly unreactive, silverish-white transition metal of great value.
Noun 4 meanings
The chemical element with atomic number 78 and symbol Pt; a dense, malleable, ductile, highly unreactive, silverish-white transition metal of great value.
A whitish grey colour, like that of the metal.
A single or album that has achieved platinum sales, i.e. over 1 million or 2 million.
A platinum-based drug: a platin.
Adjective 3 meanings
Of a whitish grey colour, like that of the metal.
Of a musical recording that has sold over one million copies (for singles), or two million (for albums).
Very expensive, or of very high quality.
“We can offer the platinum service for fifty dollars extra.”
Verb 1 meaning
To attain all of the achievements in a game (originally on certain PlayStation consoles, now colloquially used regardless of platform).
“I platinumed in Clash of Clans yesterday.”
Etymology
From Spanish platina (“little silver”) del Pinto ("of the Pinto") + -um. It was called "little" (or "lesser") silver because the metal was found as an impurity in gold, and del Pinto for the Pinto River in Gran Colombia where Europeans discovered it being mined by Native Americans. Doublet of platina.
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PLATINUM at a glance
PLATINUM has 8 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (P 3 + L 1 + A 1 + T 1 + I 1 + N 1 + U 1 + M 3) and 17 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,839 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with platinum
All rhymes- ALUMINUM12
- MAGNUM11
- PLENUM10
- STERNUM9
- MOLYBDENUM20
- BOTULINUM13
- DUODENUM12
- SPHAGNUM16
- LAUDANUM11
- INTERREGNUM14
- SOLANUM9
- TYMPANUM17
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