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say it: MET-uhl
metal is a noun, verb and adjective meaning "any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.". It is pronounced /ˈmɛtəl/ — MET-uhl. It carries 4 recorded senses.
any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.
a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten
“brass is an alloy of zinc and copper”
cover with metal
containing or made of or resembling or characteristic of a metal
“a metallic compound”
“metallic luster”
“the strange metallic note of the meadow lark, suggesting the clash of vibrant blades”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for metal come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.