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alchemist

/ˈælkəmɪst/noun

उच्चारण ऐल्कमिस्ट

कीमियागर, रसायनी

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Asked in previous papers

as one-word substitution

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noun
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    [C]

    a person who studied alchemy, especially one who tried to turn ordinary metals into gold

    कीमियागर, रसायनी

    • Medieval alchemists searched for the philosopher's stone.
    • The alchemist in the story spent his life trying to make gold from lead.
    • The alchemist mixed strange powders in his dark cellar.
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    • Chemistry grew out of the experiments of early alchemists.
    • In the novel, a wise alchemist teaches the shepherd boy about life.
◇Word family
alchemy noun
AaSpelling

al·che·mist

With ch pronounced /k/ (not 'alkemist').

ch की ध्वनि /k/ ('alkemist' गलत है)।

✓In the exam

One-word substitution

One-word substitution, asked very often: one who tried to change base metals into gold is an alchemist; the art is alchemy; a modern scientist of chemicals is a chemist.

यह बहुत पूछा जाता है: जो सामान्य धातुओं को सोने में बदलने का प्रयास करे alchemist; यह कला alchemy; रसायनों का आधुनिक वैज्ञानिक chemist।

General knowledge

Literature: Paulo Coelho's novel 'The Alchemist' (1988).

साहित्य में Paulo Coelho का उपन्यास 'The Alchemist' (1988)।