metal
Chemical elements or alloys, their ores, and the mines where their ores come fromChemical elements or alloys, their ores, and the mines where their ores come from.: 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.
» Is it made of wood or metal?
Ist es aus Holz oder aus Metall angefertigt? — Tamy
Ist sie aus Holz oder Metall? — raggione
Ist er aus Holz oder Metall? — raggione
Это сделано из дерева или из металла? — ae5s
Он сделан из дерева или из металла? — Selena777
Она сделана из дерева или из металла? — Selena777
Он из дерева или из металла? — marafon
Он деревянный или металлический? — marafon
Она из дерева или из металла? — marafon
Она деревянная или металлическая? — marafon
Оно из дерева или из металла? — marafon
Оно деревянное или металлическое? — marafon
Оно сделано из дерева или из металла? — marafon
Це зроблено із дерева чи металу? — deniko
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13 sensesChemical elements or alloys, their ores, and the mines where their ores come from.
(countable, uncountable)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.
any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.
(countable, uncountable)Any material with similar physical properties as those chemical elements, especially as a combination of several of them, such as an alloy.
(countable, uncountable)An element which was not directly created after the Big Bang but instead formed through nuclear reactions; any element other than hydrogen and helium.
(countable, uncountable)Crushed rock, stones etc. used to make a road.
(countable, uncountable)The ore from which a metal is derived.
(countable, uncountable)A light tincture used in a coat of arms, specifically argent (white or silver) and or (gold).
(countable, uncountable)Molten glass that is to be blown or moulded to form objects.
(countable, uncountable)A category of rock music encompassing a number of genres (including thrash metal, death metal, etc.) characterized by strong drumbeats and distorted guitars.
Metal
ме́талmétal, мета́ллmetáll
ме́талmétal, мета́лmetál
(countable, uncountable)The effective power or calibre of guns carried by a vessel of war.
(UK, countable, in the plural, uncountable)The rails of a railway.
(countable, informal, uncountable)The actual airline operating a flight, rather than any of the codeshare operators.
We have American Airlines tickets, but it's on British Airways metal.
Chemical elements or alloys, their ores, and the mines where their ores come from.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A mine from which ores are taken.
Examples
351 sentencesIs it made of wood or metal?
Це зроблено із дерева чи металу? — deniko
ruЭто сделано из дерева или из металла? — ae5s
deIst es aus Holz oder aus Metall angefertigt? — Tamy
Iron is a metal with many uses.
Залізо — метал, що має багато застосувань. — deniko
Is this made out of wood or metal?
Це зроблено із дерева чи металу? — deniko
ruЭто сделано из дерева или из металла? — ae5s
deIst es aus Holz oder Metall? — kolonjano
Gold is a metal.
Золото — метал. — deniko
ruЗолото — это металл. — marafon
deGold ist ein Metall. — carlosalberto
Iron is a useful metal.
Залізо — корисний метал. — deniko
ruЖелезо — полезный металл. — Miko
deEisen ist ein nützliches Metall. — Ole
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English metal, a borrowing from Old French metal, from Latin metallum (“metal,From Middle English metal, a borrowing from Old French metal, from Latin metallum (“metal, mine, quarry, mineral”), itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek μέταλλον (métallon, “mine, quarry, metal”).
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Forms
plural: metalsSynonyms
5 synonyms- a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten:alloy
- any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.:metallic element
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
145 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
6 patterns- heavy metal
- heavy metal guitarist
- metal guitarist
- to heavy metal
- is a metal
- metal box
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.