muntz metal

1. 1.

   a brass that has more zinc and is stronger than alpha brass; used in making castings and hot-worked products

   Synonymsalpha-beta brassyellow metal

   Broaderbrass

   Narrowermanganese bronzenaval brass

Questions about muntz metal

What does muntz metal mean?

muntz metal means "a brass that has more zinc and is stronger than alpha brass; used in making castings and hot-worked products".

What is another word for muntz metal?

Close synonyms include alpha-beta brass, yellow metal. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is muntz metal a common word?

muntz metal is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.