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Meaning of metallophobia | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A fear of metal, or of touching metallic objects.

rare, uncountable

Examples

“The reason behind the lithographers' metallophobia is that metal ion impurities may cause failure of finished IC devices if the metals somehow migrate into the semiconductor material.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

metallophone metallophore metallophosphatase metallophosphoesterase metallophosphohydrolase metallophthalocyanine