metal
1. [ noun ] (chemistry) any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.
Synonyms: metallic_element
Related terms: chemical_element iron mercury lead zinc tin Al potassium nickel copper chromium calcium tungsten barium sodium beryllium lanthanum lithium cobalt lutetium manganese curium Bk molybdenum einsteinium dysprosium erbium europium cadmium bismuth thallium thulium titanium uranium ytterbium magnesium alkali_metal heavy_metal Am neodymium neptunium praseodymium niobium osmium palladium polonium promethium protactinium francium fermium radium rhenium gadolinium Rh rubidium gallium californium antimony samarium ruthenium scandium holmium hafnium thorium strontium tantalum indium technetium terbium vanadium iridium yttrium cesium zirconium cerium alkaline_earth noble_metal alloy
2. [ adjective ] containing or made of or resembling or characteristic of a metal
Synonyms: metallic
Examples:

"a metallic compound" "metallic luster" "the strange metallic note of the meadow lark, suggesting the clash of vibrant blades"- Ambrose Bierce

Related terms: nonmetallic silver gold auriferous bimetal antimonial metallike bronze tinny argentiferous aluminous
3. [ noun ] (chemistry,metallurgy) a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten
Synonyms: alloy
Examples:

"brass is an alloy of zinc and copper"

Related terms: metallic_element mixture steel pewter amalgam alnico Carboloy pinchbeck solder white_gold nickel-base_alloy white_metal type_metal Stellite oreide heavy_metal cheoplastic_metal copper-base_alloy dental_gold Duralumin Inconel Invar sterling_silver nickel_silver pyrophoric_alloy shot_metal Babbitt_metal tombac Wood's_metal Britannia_metal electrum pot_metal fusible_metal solid_solution
4. [ verb ] cover with metal
Related terms: coat alloy
Similar spelling:   medal
  mettle
  medial
  medially
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  medley
  meddle
  methyl
  medulla