metal

IPA: mˈɛtʌɫ

(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).
(glassblowing) 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.

(music) Characterized by strong drum-beats and distorted guitars.
Having the emotional or social characteristics associated with metal music; brash, bold, frank, unyielding, etc.

Examples of "metal" in Sentences

So ultimately the difference in metal is unimportant compared to basic shooting skill.
After all, the science of naval construction in metal is in its infancy, and will be liable to error and mishap for some time to came.
All the simple ideas that go to the complex one signified by the term metal, being nothing but what he before comprehended and signified by the name lead.
Miss Siphax further explained that this was largely true of Egypt, where fine linen was combined in a most wonderful manner with what they term metal embroidery.
I. ii.313 (17,3) Thy honourable metal may be wrought/From what it is dispos'd] The best _metal_ or _temper_ may be worked into qualities contrary to its original constitution.
a charge of a metal must rest upon a field that is of a colour or fur; or, contrariwise, that a charge of a colour must rest on a field that is of a metal or fur, -- that is, that _metal be not on metal, nor colour on colour_.