1.  metal(n = noun.substance) metallic element - any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.;
is a kind of chemical element, element
has particulars: heavy metal, base metal, noble metal, al, aluminium, aluminum, atomic number 13, am, americium, atomic number 95, antimony, atomic number 51, sb, atomic number 56, ba, barium, atomic number 97, berkelium, bk, atomic number 4, be, beryllium, glucinium, atomic number 83, bi, bismuth, atomic number 48, cadmium, cd, atomic number 20, ca, calcium, atomic number 98, californium, cf, atomic number 58, ce, cerium, atomic number 55, caesium, cesium, cs, atomic number 24, chromium, cr, atomic number 27, co, cobalt, atomic number 29, copper, cu, atomic number 96, cm, curium, atomic number 66, dy, dysprosium, atomic number 99, e, einsteinium, es, atomic number 68, er, erbium, atomic number 63, eu, europium, atomic number 100, fermium, fm, atomic number 87, fr, francium, atomic number 64, gadolinium, gd, atomic number 31, ga, gallium, atomic number 72, hafnium, hf, atomic number 67, ho, holmium, atomic number 49, in, indium, atomic number 77, ir, iridium, atomic number 26, fe, iron, atomic number 57, la, lanthanum, atomic number 82, lead, pb, atomic number 3, li, lithium, atomic number 71, lu, lutecium, lutetium, atomic number 12, magnesium, mg, atomic number 25, manganese, mn, atomic number 80, hg, hydrargyrum, mercury, quicksilver, atomic number 42, mo, molybdenum, atomic number 60, nd, neodymium, atomic number 93, neptunium, np, atomic number 28, ni, nickel, atomic number 41, nb, niobium, atomic number 76, os, osmium, atomic number 46, palladium, pd, atomic number 84, po, polonium, atomic number 19, k, potassium, atomic number 59, pr, praseodymium, atomic number 61, pm, promethium, atomic number 91, pa, protactinium, protoactinium, atomic number 88, ra, radium, atomic number 75, re, rhenium, atomic number 45, rh, rhodium, atomic number 37, rb, rubidium, atomic number 44, ru, ruthenium, atomic number 62, samarium, sm, atomic number 21, sc, scandium, atomic number 11, na, sodium, atomic number 38, sr, strontium, atomic number 73, ta, tantalum, atomic number 43, tc, technetium, atomic number 65, tb, terbium, atomic number 81, thallium, tl, atomic number 90, th, thorium, atomic number 69, thulium, tm, atomic number 50, sn, tin, atomic number 22, ti, titanium, atomic number 74, tungsten, w, wolfram, atomic number 92, u, uranium, atomic number 23, v, vanadium, atomic number 70, yb, ytterbium, atomic number 39, y, yttrium, atomic number 30, zinc, zn, atomic number 40, zirconium, zr, alkali metal, alkaline metal, alkaline-earth metal, alkaline earth
Derived forms verb metal₁, adjective metallic₁

2.  metal(n = noun.substance) alloy - a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten; "brass is an alloy of zinc and copper"
is a kind of mixture
has particulars: heavy metal, 18-karat gold, 22-karat gold, oreide, oroide, alnico, amalgam, dental amalgam, fusible metal, electrum, pewter, pinchbeck, pot metal, solder, white gold, type metal, bearing metal, white metal, babbitt, babbitt metal, britannia metal, carboloy, steel, cheoplastic metal, copper-base alloy, dental gold, duralumin, inconel, invar, nickel-base alloy, nickel alloy, german silver, nickel silver, pyrophoric alloy, shot metal, stellite, sterling silver, tambac, tombac, tombak, wood's alloy, wood's metal
Derived forms verb metal₁, adjective metallic₁

   metal(v = verb.contact) - cover with metal;
is one way to coat, surface
Derived forms noun metal₂, noun metal₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

   metal(a = adj.all) metallic - containing or made of or resembling or characteristic of a metal; "a metallic compound"; "metallic luster"; "the strange metallic note of the meadow lark, suggesting the clash of vibrant blades"

1.  An elementary substance, as sodium, calcium, or copper, whose oxide or hydroxide has basic rather than acid properties, as contrasted with the nonmetals, or metalloids. No sharp line can be drawn between the metals and nonmetals, and certain elements partake of both acid and basic qualities, as chromium, manganese, bismuth, etc. [1913 Webster]
" Popularly, the name is applied to certain hard, fusible metals, as gold, silver, copper, iron, tin, lead, zinc, nickel, etc., and also to the mixed metals, or metallic alloys, as brass, bronze, steel, bell metal, etc." [1913 Webster]

2.  Ore from which a metal is derived; -- so called by miners. Raymond. [1913 Webster]

3.  A mine from which ores are taken. [1913 Webster]
"Slaves . . . and persons condemned to metals." [1913 Webster]

4.  The substance of which anything is made; material; hence, constitutional disposition; character; temper. [1913 Webster]
"Not till God make men of some other metal than earth." [1913 Webster]

5.  Courage; spirit; mettle. See Mettle. Shak. [1913 Webster]
" The allusion is to the temper of the metal of a sword blade." Skeat. [1913 Webster]

6.  The broken stone used in macadamizing roads and ballasting railroads. [1913 Webster]

7.  The effective power or caliber of guns carried by a vessel of war. [1913 Webster]

8.  Glass in a state of fusion. Knight. [1913 Webster]

9.  The rails of a railroad. [1913 Webster]

   To cover with metal; as, to metal a ship's bottom; to metal a road. [1913 Webster]

metal, n., adj., & v.
--n.
1 a any of a class of chemical elements such as gold, silver, iron, and tin, usu. lustrous ductile solids and good conductors of heat and electricity and forming basic oxides. b an alloy of any of these.
2 material used for making glass, in a molten state.
3 Heraldry gold or silver as tincture.
4 (in pl.) the rails of a railway line.
5 = road-metal (see ROAD(1)).
--adj. made of metal.
--v.tr. (metalled, metalling; US metaled, metaling)
1 provide or fit with metal.
2 Brit. make or mend (a road) with road-metal.

Idiom:
metal detector an electronic device giving a signal when it locates metal. metal fatigue fatigue (see FATIGUE n. 2) in metal.

Etymology:
ME f. OF metal or L metallum f. Gk metallon mine

N  materials, material, raw material, stuff, stock, staple, adobe, brown stone, chinking, clapboard, daubing, puncheon, shake, shingle, bricks and mortar, metal, stone, clay, brick crockery, compo, composition, concrete, reinforced concrete, cement, wood, ore, timber, materials, supplies, munition, fuel, grist, household stuff pabulum, ammunition, contingents, relay, reinforcement, reenforcement, baggage, means, calico, cambric, cashmere, raw, wooden, adobe.

admiralty metal, aich's metal, alkali metal, alkaline metal, alkaline-earth metal, babbitt metal, base metal, bearing metal, bell metal, block of metal, blond metal, britannia metal, cheoplastic metal, full metal jacket, fusible metal, gilding metal, grid metal, heavy metal, kingston metal, liquid metal reactor, metal bar, metal detector, metal drum, metal filing, metal glove, metal money, metal plating, metal saw, metal screw, metal wood, misch metal, mitis metal, monel metal, monell metal, muntz metal, noble metal, pot metal, precious metal, road metal, scrap metal, sheet metal, shot metal, sparkle metal, terbium metal, tula metal, type metal, white metal, wood's metal, yellow metal