metal

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Chemical elements or alloys, their ores, and the mines where their ores come from.
2. (countable, uncountable) Chemical elements or alloys, their ores, and the mines where their ores come from.
3. (countable, uncountable) Chemical elements or alloys, their ores, and the mines where their ores come from.
4. (countable, uncountable) Chemical elements or alloys, their ores, and the mines where their ores come from.
5. (countable, uncountable) Chemical elements or alloys, their ores, and the mines where their ores come from.
6. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Chemical elements or alloys, their ores, and the mines where their ores come from.
7. (countable, uncountable) A light tincture used in a coat of arms, specifically argent (white or silver) and or (gold).
8. (countable, uncountable) Molten glass that is to be blown or moulded to form objects.
9. (countable, uncountable) 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.
10. (archaic, countable, figuratively, uncountable) The substance that constitutes something or someone; matter; hence, character or temper.
11. (countable, uncountable) The effective power or calibre of guns carried by a vessel of war.
12. (UK, countable, in-plural, uncountable) The rails of a railway.
13. (countable, informal, uncountable) The actual airline operating a flight, rather than any of the codeshare operators.

Adj

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

Verb

To make a road using crushed rock, stones etc.

Synonyms

iron

steel

metallic

money

💸

metallic element

bronze

alloy

gold

pot

chemicals

cooking pot

copper

decompose

deep

hard metal

heavy metal

ingot

met

metalline

metalwork

mettle

mineral

nail

needle

ore

rifle

saucepan

silver

stone

🪨

stove

tin

trough

of stone

cooking vessel

metl

cast-iron stove

aluminum

bamboo

🎍

bar

block

bond

brass

can

ceramic

Translations

métal

🤘

Metall

🤘

metal

🤘

metallo

🤘

metaal

🤘

metal

🤘

metallum

🤘

metall

🤘

μέταλλο

معدن

metallico

🤘

fer

metal

🤘

metal

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmɛtəl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: metal

In summary

From Middle English metal, a borrowing from Old French metal, from Latin metallum (“metal, mine, quarry, mineral”), itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek μέταλλον (métallon, “mine, quarry, metal”).

Sentences

Some of the original pressed metal centrepieces and panelled ceilings have been retained .