metal
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noun
- 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.
- Any material with similar physical properties as those chemical elements, especially as a combination of several of them, such as an alloy.
- 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.
- The ore from which a metal is derived.
- 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.
adj
- Characterized by strong drum-beats and distorted guitars.
- 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.
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Etymology tree Ancient Greek μέτᾰλλον (métăllon)der. Latin metallum Old French metalbor. Middle English metal English metal 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”).
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