The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word PLATINUM
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More clues leading to the result PLATINUM
- A container protected by very good metal
- One mountain, turned over, getting millions in precious metal
- Clear limits to uranium, involving temperature — here's another metal
- Whitish grey, a metal in The Color Purple
- Element of language on page? I’m not sure
- Introduction in prosaic language, I’m not sure precious stuff
- Case in point symbolises this valuable material
- A cheap metal in best metal
- Whitish wild cat mostly eating tongue
- Silvery-white marks one mountain reflected
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What does PLATINUM mean?
PLATINUM noun- 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.
- To reach platinum level in a game
- 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).