1. Any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.
   "Copper is a metal widely used in electrical wiring";
   - metallic element
    
2. A metallic material made by combining two or more metals, or metals with non-metals
   "Steel is a metal commonly used in construction";
   - alloy
    
3. Loud and harsh sounding rock music with a strong beat; lyrics usually involve violent or fantastic imagery
   "The concert hall vibrated with the intense sound of heavy metal music";
   - heavy metal, heavy metal music
    
4. Broken rock used for repairing or making roads
   "The construction crew spread road metal to create a stable base for the new highway";
   - road metal
    
5. (technology) physical hardware, e.g. as opposed to virtualized or rebadged hardware
   "The company decided to invest in new metal rather than relying on cloud services"
    
6. (astronomy) any element other than hydrogen and helium
   "Astronomers detected traces of metals in the atmosphere of the exoplanet"
    
7. Molten glass that is to be blown or moulded
   "The glassblower carefully shaped the hot metal"

1. Containing or made of or resembling or characteristic of a metal
   "a metal compound";
   - metallic, metalline [archaic]

1. Cover with metal
   "The craftsman metalled the wooden box with copper sheets"
    
2. [Brit] Apply crushed stone or gravel to (a road)
   "They metald the dirt track to improve its condition"

Sounds like: melon, Meletal, me

Derived forms: metals, metalled, metaling, metalling, metaled

See also: all-metal, aluminiferous, antimonial, argentiferous, auriferous, bimetal, bimetallic, bronze, gilded, gold, gold-bearing, golden, metallic-looking, metallike, metal-looking, silver, tinny

Type of: chemical element, coat, element, mixture, R&R, R'n'R [non-standard], rock, rock and roll, rock music, rock 'n' roll, rock-and-roll, rock'n'roll, stone, surface

Antonym: nonmetal

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