shot metal

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   an alloy that is 98% lead and 2% arsenic; used in making small shot

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Questions about shot metal

What does shot metal mean?

shot metal means "an alloy that is 98% lead and 2% arsenic; used in making small shot".

Is shot metal a common word?

shot 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.