Meaning

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

More definitions
  • cover with metal

Examples

351 sentences
  1. Is 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

  2. Iron is a metal with many uses.

    Залізо — метал, що має багато застосувань. — deniko

  3. 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

  4. Gold is a metal.

    Золото — метал. — deniko

    ruЗолото — это металл. — marafon

    deGold ist ein Metall. — carlosalberto

  5. Iron is a useful metal.

    Залізо — корисний метал. — deniko

    ruЖелезо — полезный металл. — Miko

    deEisen ist ein nützliches Metall. — Ole

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

metals, metaling, metaled, metaled
Base formmetal · to metal
3rd person singularmetals
Present participlemetaling
Past simplemetaled / metalled
Past participlemetaled / metalled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymetal
he, she, itmetals

Past simpleLesson

all personsmetaled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave metaled
he, she, ithas metaled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill metal

Collocations

6 patterns
  • heavy metal
  • heavy metal guitarist
  • metal guitarist
  • to heavy metal
  • is a metal
  • metal box

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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