metal-basher
informal (chiefly British )
noun
A person or company engaged primarily in manufacturing goods from metal, especially a manufacturer of cars, ships, etc.
Origin
1980s; earliest use found in The Economist.
- metallic thread
- metallic yarn
- metallide
- metallided
- metalliding
- metalliferous
- metallik
- metal-like
- metalline
- metallise
- metalliser
- metallism
- metallist
- metallization
- metallize
- metallizer
- metallocarborane
- metallocene
- metallochrome
- metallochromic
- metalloenzyme
- metallogenesis
- metallogenetic
- metallogenetically
- metallogenic