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Definition metaling

Etymology

From Middle English [Term?], a borrowing from Old French metal, from Latin metallum (“metal, mine, quarry, mineral”), itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ???????? (métallon, “mine, quarry, metal”).

Noun

metal (countable and uncountable, plural metals)

1. (heading) Chemical elements or alloys, and the mines where their ores come from.
   1. 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.
   2. Any material with similar physical properties, such as an alloy.
   3. (astronomy) An element which was not directly created after the Big Bang but instead formed through nuclear reactions; any element other than hydrogen and helium.
   4. Crushed rock, stones etc. used to make a road.
   5. (mining) The ore from which a metal is derived.
   6. (obsolete) A mine from which ores are taken.
2. (heraldry) A light tincture used in a coat of arms, specifically argent and or.
3. Molten glass that is to be blown or moulded to form objects.
4. (music) A category of rock music encompassing a number of genres (including thrash metal, death metal, heavy metal, etc.) characterized by strong drum-beats and distorted guitars.
5. (archaic) The substance that constitutes something or someone; matter; hence, character or temper; mettle.
6. The effective power or calibre of guns carried by a vessel of war.
7. (Britain, obsolete, in the plural) The rails of a railway.
8. (informal, travel, aviation) The actual airline operating a flight, rather than any of the codeshare operators.

Adjective

metal (comparative more metal, superlative most metal)

1. (music) Characterized by strong drum-beats and distorted guitars. [1970s and after]
2. Having the emotional or social characteristics associated with metal music; brash, bold, frank, unyielding, etc.

Verb

metal (third-person singular simple present metals, present participle metalling, simple past and past participle metalled)

1. To make a road using crushed rock, stones etc.

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