metal /metˈl/

1. Any of numerous opaque elementary substances, possessing a peculiar lustre, fusibility, conductivity for heat and electricity, readiness to form positive ions, eg gold
2. An alloy
3. That which behaves chemically like a true metal
4. Courage or spirit (now spelt mettle)
5. Intrinsic quality
6. Heavy metal music (informal)
7. The collective guns or firepower of a warship (obsolete)
8. Or, or argent, as a tincture (heraldry)
9. Molten material for glass-making
10. Country-rock (mining)
11. Broken stones used for macadamized roads or as ballast for railways
12. (in pl) the rails of a railroad

Made of metal

To provide or cover with metal

metˈalled adjective

Covered with metal, as a road

metallic /mi-talˈik/ adjective

1. Relating to, or like, metal
2. Consisting of metal
3. (of a colour, etc) having the lustre characteristic of metals
4. (of a sound) like the sound produced by metal when struck

metallˈically adverb

metˈalliding noun

A high-temperature electrolytic technique for creating metal alloys on the surface of metals

metallifˈerous adjective

Bearing or yielding metal

metˈalline adjective

Of, like, consisting of, or mixed with, metal

metˈalling noun

Road metal, broken stones

metˈallist or (N American) metˈalist noun

A worker in metals

metallīzāˈtion or metallīsāˈtion noun

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• grasshopper
• grasshopper mind
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• grasshoppers
• grasshopper warbler
• grasshopper warblers
• grassier
• grassiest
• grassiness
• grassinesses
• grassing
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• grassland
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• grassless
• grass-like
• grass line
• grass lines
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