metal /metˈl/

1. Any of numerous opaque elementary substances, possessing a peculiar lustre, fusibility, conductivity for heat and electricity, readiness to form positive ions, eg gold
2. An alloy
3. That which behaves chemically like a true metal
4. Courage or spirit (now spelt mettle)
5. Intrinsic quality
6. Heavy metal music (informal)
7. The collective guns or firepower of a warship (obsolete)
8. Or, or argent, as a tincture (heraldry)
9. Molten material for glass-making
10. Country-rock (mining)
11. Broken stones used for macadamized roads or as ballast for railways
12. (in pl) the rails of a railroad

Made of metal

To provide or cover with metal

metˈalled adjective

Covered with metal, as a road

metallic /mi-talˈik/ adjective

1. Relating to, or like, metal
2. Consisting of metal
3. (of a colour, etc) having the lustre characteristic of metals
4. (of a sound) like the sound produced by metal when struck

metallˈically adverb

metˈalliding noun

A high-temperature electrolytic technique for creating metal alloys on the surface of metals

metallifˈerous adjective

Bearing or yielding metal

metˈalline adjective

Of, like, consisting of, or mixed with, metal

metˈalling noun

Road metal, broken stones

metˈallist or (N American) metˈalist noun

A worker in metals

metallīzāˈtion or metallīsāˈtion noun

metˈallize or metˈallise or (N American) metˈalize transitive verb

1. To make metallic
2. To deposit thin metal films on glass or plastic

metˈalloid noun

1. A non-metal
2. An element resembling a metal in some respects, such as selenium or tellurium

(also metalloidˈal) relating to, or of the nature of, the metalloids

metˈally adjective

Suggestive of metal

metal detector noun

An electronic device for detecting the presence of metallic objects

metal fatigue noun

A failure caused in metal by continuous varied stresses on it

metˈalmark noun

Any butterfly of the family Riodinidae, whose wing-markings have a metallic appearance

metalorganˈic same as metallo-organic (see under metallo-).

metˈalware noun

• non-vintage
• non-violence
• non-violent
• non-volatile
• non-volatile memory
• non-voter
• non-voters
• non-voting
• non-white
• non-whites
• nonylphenol
• non-zero
• noob
• no object
• noobs
• noodle
• noodled
• noodledom
• noodledoms
• noodles
• noodling
• noogeneses
• noogenesis
• no oil painting
• nook