Synonyms for metal

Grammar : Noun

Spell : met-l

Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɛt l

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Définition of metal

Origin : mid-13c., from Old French metal "metal; material, substance, stuff" (12c.), from Latin metallum "metal; mine, quarry, mineral, what is got by mining," from Greek metallon "metal, ore" (senses only in post-classical texts; originally "mine, quarry, pit"), probably from metalleuein "to mine, to quarry," of unknown origin, but related somehow to metallan "to seek after." Cf. Greek metalleutes "a miner," metalleia "a searching for metals, mining."

noun lustrous chemical element

Example sentences :

The writer further says the metal was made from silver coins.
Extract from : « The Story of the Invention of Steel Pens » by Henry Bore

The words of the outlaw had struck something in him that was like metal chiming on metal.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

Macdougal sat before the door, his metal flask of whisky beside him.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

After a minute or two I took the metal match-box and tossed it on to his breast.
Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson

Their superiority was greater in size and weight of metal than in numbers.
Extract from : « The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson » by Robert Southey

While the wax was soft they stamped their names in it with a metal seal.
Extract from : « Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae » by Jennie Hall

You've been in the thick of life, and the metal you're made of brightens with use.
Extract from : « The Greater Inclination » by Edith Wharton

Of money in its ancient form of metal coins and paper, I found no evidence.
Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings

One side of this chamber was partitioned off with some sort of metal wall.
Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings

The cover of the furnace had burst, and the metal began to flow!
Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles

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