metal

Plural: metals

Noun

• any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.
• a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten
• Chemical elements or alloys, their ores, 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.
• Chemical elements or alloys, their ores, and the mines where their ores come from.
• Any material with similar physical properties, such as an alloy.
• Chemical elements or alloys, their ores, and the mines where their ores come from.
• An element which was not directly created after the Big Bang but instead formed through nuclear reactions; any element other than hydrogen and helium.
• Chemical elements or alloys, their ores, and the mines where their ores come from.
• Crushed rock, stones etc. used to make a road.
• Chemical elements or alloys, their ores, and the mines where their ores come from.
• The ore from which a metal is derived.
• Chemical elements or alloys, their ores, and the mines where their ores come from.
• A mine from which ores are taken.
• 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.
• A category of rock music encompassing a number of genres (including thrash metal, death metal, heavy metal, etc.) characterized by strong drumbeats and distorted guitars.
• 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.
• The rails of a railway.
• The actual airline operating a flight, rather than any of the codeshare operators.

Verb

• cover with metal
• To make a road using crushed rock, stones etc.

Adjective

• containing or made of or resembling or characteristic of a metal; ; ; - Ambrose Bierce
  • "a metallic compound"
  • "metallic luster"
  • "the strange metallic note of the meadow lark, suggesting the clash of vibrant blades"

Adj

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

Examples

• "We have American Airlines tickets, but it's on British Airways metal."

Synonyms

alloy, metal, metallic, metallic element, mettle

Antonyms

nonmetal, nonmetallic

Related Words

:Category:Metals, heavy metal, metalling

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