Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, historical, uncountable)A type of bronze used for making cannons.

    a type of bronze used for parts subject to wear or corrosion (especially corrosion by sea water)

  2. (countable, uncountable)An alloy of 88% copper, 10% tin and 2% zinc, originally used for making guns.

    Rotguss

    пу́шечная бро́нзаpúšečnaja brónza

  3. (also, attributive, countable, uncountable)A dark grey or bluish-grey colour; gunmetal grey.

Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
alloy of copper, tin and zinc:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
alloy of copper, tin and zinc:

Origin

From gun + metal.

From gun + metal.

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Forms

plural: gunmetals

Synonyms

3 synonyms
alloy of copper, tin and zinc:red brass
gunmetal greygunmetal gray

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
gunmetal — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto