coin
/kɔɪn/
noun
- A small, flat, round piece of metal used as money.
- The old coin was worth a lot of money.
- I found a coin on the sidewalk.
- She put a coin into the vending machine.
verb
- To make coins from metal.
- The government coins millions of pennies each year.
- This factory has been coining silver for centuries.
- They used a press to coin the new currency.
- To invent a new word or phrase.
- The scientist coined the term 'robot' in his play.
- Shakespeare coined many words we still use today.
- She coined a catchy name for the new product.