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Pronunciation of Pewter in Marblehead, Ohio, United States
| p | is pronounced as | p | in pet | |
| ew | is pronounced as | u | in cute | |
| t | is pronounced as | t | in to | |
| er | is pronounced as | ur | in hurt |
Phonetic Spelling:[ p ew t er ]
p
ew
t
er
pet
cute
to
hurt
Type of Name:
Forename
Gender:
Male
Meaning:
The word pewter is probably a variation of the word spelter, a colloquial name for zinc.
Additional Information:
Pewter is a malleable metal alloy, traditionally 85-99% tin, with the remainder consisting of copper, antimony, bismuth and lead. Copper and antimony act as hardeners while lead is common in the lower grades of pewter, which have a bluish tint. It has a low melting point, around 170–230 °C, depending on the exact mixture of metals.
Pewter was first used around the beginning of the Bronze Age in the Near East. The earliest piece of pewter found is from an Egyptian tomb from 1450 BC.
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Pronunciation of Pewter in Marblehead, Ohio, United States
'PUE'-ter
ter rhymes with 'fur'
Type of Name:
Forename
Gender:
Male
Meaning:
The word pewter is probably a variation of the word spelter, a colloquial name for zinc.
Additional Information:
Pewter is a malleable metal alloy, traditionally 85-99% tin, with the remainder consisting of copper, antimony, bismuth and lead. Copper and antimony act as hardeners while lead is common in the lower grades of pewter, which have a bluish tint. It has a low melting point, around 170–230 °C, depending on the exact mixture of metals.
Pewter was first used around the beginning of the Bronze Age in the Near East. The earliest piece of pewter found is from an Egyptian tomb from 1450 BC.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pewter
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