When the museum's ancient bronze handle corroded beyond repair, conservators commissioned a precise replacement cast from the same alloy.
当博物馆的古代青铜把手腐蚀到无法修复时，保护人员委托用相同合金制作了一个精确的替代铸件。
Which choice best defines “replacement”?
B — A person or thing that takes the place of another. “replacement” means a person or thing that takes the place of another.
Which word means “a person or thing that takes the place of another”?
D — replacement. “replacement” means a person or thing that takes the place of another.
replacement — a person or thing that takes the place of another. In Chinese: 替代，替换物.
replacement is pronounced /rɪˈpleɪsmənt/.
When the museum's ancient bronze handle corroded beyond repair, conservators commissioned a precise replacement cast from the same alloy. (当博物馆的古代青铜把手腐蚀到无法修复时，保护人员委托用相同合金制作了一个精确的替代铸件。)
substitute, surrogate, stand-in — all close in meaning to replacement (a person or thing that takes the place of another).
original, prototype — each the opposite of replacement (a person or thing that takes the place of another).
Yes. replacement is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.