Meaning of metal | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Chemical elements or alloys, their ores, and the mines where their ores come from.
   countable, uncountable
2. Any of a number of chemical elements in the periodic table that form a metallic bond with other metal atoms; generally shiny, somewhat malleable and hard, often a conductor of heat and electricity.
   countable, uncountable
3. Any material with similar physical properties as those chemical elements, especially as a combination of several of them, such as an alloy.
   countable, uncountable
4. An element which was not directly created after the Big Bang but instead formed through nuclear reactions; any element other than hydrogen and helium.
   countable, uncountable
5. Crushed rock, stones etc. used to make a road.
   countable, uncountable
6. The ore from which a metal is derived.
   countable, uncountable
7. A mine from which ores are taken.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
8. A light tincture used in a coat of arms, specifically argent (white or silver) and or (gold).
   countable, uncountable
9. Molten glass that is to be blown or moulded to form objects.
   countable, uncountable
10. A category of rock music encompassing a number of genres (including thrash metal, death metal, heavy metal, etc.) characterized by strong drumbeats and distorted guitars.
    countable, uncountable
11. The substance that constitutes something or someone; matter; hence, character or temper.
    archaic, countable, figuratively, uncountable
12. The effective power or calibre of guns carried by a vessel of war.
    countable, uncountable
13. The rails of a railway.
    UK, countable, in-plural, uncountable
14. The actual airline operating a flight, rather than any of the codeshare operators.
    countable, informal, uncountable

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Examples

“Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese, a silvery metal, began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated.”

“Earth is surrounded by a magnetosphere — an invisible bubble of magnetism generated by the powerful churning of molten metals at Earth’s core.”

“But then I had the flintlock by me for protection. ¶ There were giants in the days when that gun was made; for surely no modern mortal could have held that mass of metal steady to his shoulder. The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window[…].”

“Most of the matter in stars is hydrogen and helium, and the metals (including carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and so on) were cooked up inside stars.”

“2008, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Geochemical Society, Oxygen in the solar system, Mineralogical Society of Amer →ISBN Thus, for the remaining elements, including oxygen, the solid phase appears to be important. In fact, at a metallicity of Z=0.02, and with a gas-to-dust ratio of 100, about half of the metals — including oxygen — are contained in the solid phase.”

“Metals include oxygen and carbon which means that water and organic molecules would have been abundant in the early universe, perhaps paving the way for the emergence of life within a couple of billion years of the Big Bang.”

“One of the most important tasks was the metalling of the roads, and the dumping of metal beside them in parts where it was impossible to lay it, in order that work might commence with the assault. The surface of the roads was good, but only because the Division had been holding a front so wide, which made the traffic upon them relatively light.”

“slaves[…]and persons condemned to metals”

“While the motive is still under investigation, authorities said that Matthews’ interest in black metal music may have influenced his behavior.”

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“We have American Airlines tickets, but it's on British Airways metal.”

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