sheet metal

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet, used widely as construction material and raw material for a multitude of industrial products. It is thicker than foil and thinner than plate.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Españolhojalata

Françaistôle

DeutschBlech Eisenblech

27 more languages

العربيةورق

Bosanskilim limen plehsač tabla лим лимен

Catalàxapa

Češtinaplech

Danskblik

Ελληνικάλαμαρίνα

Esperantolado

Suomiohutlevy pelti

עבריתפח

Hrvatskilim limen plehsač tabla лим лимен

Magyarbádog

Italianolamiera

日本語板金

한국어판금

Kurdîsac tole

LëtzebuergeschBlech

Македонскиламарина лим

മലയാളംതകിട്

Nederlandsblik

Polskiblacha blaszany blaszkowy

Portuguêschapa de metal

Românătabla

Русскийлистово́й мета́лл

SlovenčinaPlech

Српскиlim limen plehsač tabla лим лимен

Svenskableck plåt

Türkçesac

Examples

“Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a sheet metal worker and father of three, was deported last ⟳ month after the Trump administration admitted to an “administrative error.””

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

sheet music sheet of paper sheet pan sheet pile sheet piling sheet pizza

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