METAL

Metal

A metal is a solid material that is typically hard, opaque, shiny, and features good electrical and thermal conductivity. Metals are generally malleable—that is, they can be hammered or pressed permanently out of shape without breaking or cracking—as well as fusible and ductile . 91 of the 118 elements in the periodic table are metals.

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metal

Noun

  1. Chemical elements or alloys, and the mines where their ores come from.
    1. 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.
    2. Any material with similar physical properties, such as an alloy.
      1. Any element other than hydrogen and helium, or sometimes other than hydrogen.
    3. Crushed rock, stones etc. used to make a road.
    4. The ore from which a metal is derived.
    5. A mine from which ores are taken.
      1. A light tincture used in a coat of arms, specifically argent and or.
  2. Molten glass that is to be blown or moulded to form objects.
  3. A category of rock music encompassing a number of genres (including thrash metal, death metal, heavy metal, etc.) characterized by strong, fast drum-beats and distorted guitars.
  4. The substance that constitutes something or someone; matter; hence, character or temper; mettle.
  5. The effective power or calibre of guns carried by a vessel of war.
  6. The rails of a railway.

Verb

  1. To make a road using crushed rock, stones etc.

Adjective

  1. Characterized by strong, fast drum-beats and distorted guitars.


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