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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024met•al /ˈmɛtəl/USA pronunciation n. - Metallurgy, Chemistrya usually solid, shiny, basic substance, as gold, silver, or copper, that can be used to conduct electricity or heat: [uncountable]Early man learned how to use metal for weapons.[countable]Gold is a valuable metal.
- Metallurgyan alloy or mixture of such substances, as brass, etc.: [uncountable]Instead of metal, this car was made of fiberglass.[countable]They tried many different metals before they found aluminum.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024met•al (met′l),USA pronunciation n., v., -aled, -al•ing or (esp. Brit.) -alled, -al•ling. n. - Metallurgy, Chemistryany of a class of elementary substances, as gold, silver, or copper, all of which are crystalline when solid and many of which are characterized by opacity, ductility, conductivity, and a unique luster when freshly fractured.
- Chemistry
- such a substance in its pure state, as distinguished from alloys.
- an element yielding positively charged ions in aqueous solutions of its salts.
- Metallurgyan alloy or mixture composed wholly or partly of such substances, as brass.
- an object made of metal.
- formative material;
stuff. - mettle.
- Printing
- See type metal.
- the state of being set in type.
- Ceramicsmolten glass in the pot or melting tank.
- British TermsSee road metal.
v.t. - Metallurgyto furnish or cover with metal.
- Civil Engineering[Brit.]to pave or surface (a road) with broken stone.
- Greek métallon mine, quarry, metal
- Latin metallum quarry, metal
- Old French)
- Middle English (1250–1300
met′al•like′, adj. metal., - Metallurgymetallurgical.
- Metallurgymetallurgy.
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