metal
IPA: mˈɛtʌɫ
noun
- (heading) Chemical elements or alloys, and the mines where their ores come from.
- Any of a number of chemical elements in the periodic table that form a metallic bond with other metal atoms; generally shiny, somewhat malleable and hard, often a conductor of heat and electricity.
- Any material with similar physical properties, such as an alloy.
- (astronomy) An element which was not directly created after the Big Bang but instead formed through nuclear reactions; any element other than hydrogen and helium.
- Crushed rock, stones etc. used to make a road.
- (mining) The ore from which a metal is derived.
- (obsolete) A mine from which ores are taken.
- (heraldry) A light tincture used in a coat of arms, specifically argent (white or silver) and or (gold).
- Molten glass that is to be blown or moulded to form objects.
- (music) A category of rock music encompassing a number of genres (including thrash metal, death metal, heavy metal, etc.) characterized by strong drum-beats and distorted guitars.
- (figurative, archaic) The substance that constitutes something or someone; matter; hence, character or temper.
- The effective power or calibre of guns carried by a vessel of war.
- (UK, in the plural) The rails of a railway.
- (informal, travel, aviation) The actual airline operating a flight, rather than any of the codeshare operators.
verb
- To make a road using crushed rock, stones etc.
adjective
- (music) Characterized by strong drum-beats and distorted guitars.
- Having the emotional or social characteristics associated with metal music; brash, bold, frank, unyielding, etc.
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Examples of "metal" in Sentences
- Massive gold is the most malleable metal.
- This is the irony of the history of iron, the metal
- Aluminum is a silver white metal, very light in weight.
- The coins have a metallic composition of 22 carat gold.
- Gold has the highest ductility and malleability of all metals.
- Iron is the most popular metal from which the pokers are wrought.
- Gold and copper salts give a metallic bead without an incrustation.
- The gold represented a sacred metal and the passport for the afterlife.
- The colour is iron black with a purplish tinge, and the lustre metallic.
- These metals are from the mining of gold and the indiscriminate use of mercury.
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