Adjective metal has 1 sense
  1. metallic, metal - containing or made of or resembling or characteristic of a metal; "a metallic compound"; "metallic luster"; "the strange metallic note of the meadow lark, suggesting the clash of vibrant blades"- Ambrose Bierce
,Noun metal has 2 senses
  1. metallic element, metal - any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.
    --1 is a kind of chemical element, element
    --1 has particulars:
     heavy metal; noble metal; aluminum, aluminium, Al, atomic number 13; americium, Am, atomic number 95; antimony, Sb, atomic number 51; barium, Ba, atomic number 56; berkelium, Bk, atomic number 97; beryllium, Be, glucinium, atomic number 4; bismuth, Bi, atomic number 83; cadmium, Cd, atomic number 48; calcium, Ca, atomic number 20; californium, Cf, atomic number 98; cerium, Ce, atomic number 58; cesium, caesium, Cs, atomic number 55; chromium, Cr, atomic number 24; cobalt, Co, atomic number 27; copper, Cu, atomic number 29; curium, Cm, atomic number 96; dysprosium, Dy, atomic number 66; einsteinium, Es, E, atomic number 99; erbium, Er, atomic number 68; europium, Eu, atomic number 63; fermium, Fm, atomic number 100; francium, Fr, atomic number 87; gadolinium, Gd, atomic number 64; gallium, Ga, atomic number 31; hafnium, Hf, atomic number 72; holmium, Ho, atomic number 67; indium, In, atomic number 49; iridium, Ir, atomic number 77; iron, Fe, atomic number 26; lanthanum, La, atomic number 57; lead, Pb, atomic number 82; lithium, Li, atomic number 3; lutetium, lutecium, Lu, atomic number 71; magnesium, Mg, atomic number 12; manganese, Mn, atomic number 25; mercury, quicksilver, hydrargyrum, Hg, atomic number 80; molybdenum, Mo, atomic number 42; neodymium, Nd, atomic number 60; neptunium, Np, atomic number 93; nickel, Ni, atomic number 28; niobium, Nb, atomic number 41; osmium, Os, atomic number 76; palladium, Pd, atomic number 46; polonium, Po, atomic number 84; potassium, K, atomic number 19; praseodymium, Pr, atomic number 59; promethium, Pm, atomic number 61; protactinium, protoactinium, Pa, atomic number 91; radium, Ra, atomic number 88; rhenium, Re, atomic number 75; rhodium, Rh, atomic number 45; rubidium, Rb, atomic number 37; ruthenium, Ru, atomic number 44; samarium, Sm, atomic number 62; scandium, Sc, atomic number 21; sodium, Na, atomic number 11; strontium, Sr, atomic number 38; tantalum, Ta, atomic number 73; technetium, Tc, atomic number 43; terbium, Tb, atomic number 65; thallium, Tl, atomic number 81; thorium, Th, atomic number 90; thulium, Tm, atomic number 69; tin, Sn, atomic number 50; titanium, Ti, atomic number 22; tungsten, wolfram, W, atomic number 74; uranium, U, atomic number 92; vanadium, V, atomic number 23; ytterbium, Yb, atomic number 70; yttrium, Y, atomic number 39; zinc, Zn, atomic number 30; zirconium, Zr, atomic number 40; alkali metal, alkaline metal; alkaline earth, alkaline-earth metal
    Derived form: verb metal1
  2. alloy, metal - a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten; "brass is an alloy of zinc and copper"
    --2 is a kind of mixture
    --2 has substances: solid solution, primary solid solution
    --2 has particulars:
     heavy metal; oroide, oreide; Alnico; amalgam, dental amalgam; fusible metal; electrum; pewter; pinchbeck; pot metal; solder; white gold; type metal; white metal, bearing metal; Babbitt metal, babbitt; Britannia metal; Carboloy; steel; cheoplastic metal; copper-base alloy; dental gold; Duralumin; Inconel; Invar; nickel-base alloy, nickel alloy; nickel silver, German silver; pyrophoric alloy; shot metal; Stellite; sterling silver; tombac, tombak, tambac; Wood's metal, Wood's alloy
    Derived form: verb metal1
,Verb metal has 1 sense
  1. metal - cover with metal
    --1 is one way to
    coat, surface
    Derived forms: noun metal2, noun metal1
    Sample sentence:
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