metal (noun)

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• metal — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ soft ▪ pure ▪ ferrous, non ferrous ▪ base, heavy, noble, precious …   Collocations dictionary

• metal — ► NOUN 1) a solid material which is typically hard, shiny, malleable, fusible, and ductile, with good electrical and thermal conductivity, e.g. iron, copper, and gold. 2) (also road metal) broken stone used in road making. ORIGIN Greek metallon… …   English terms dictionary

• metal fatigue — noun A failure caused in metal by continuous varied stresses on it • • • Main Entry: ↑metal * * * metal fatigue UK US noun [uncountable] loss of strength in something made of metal that could cause it to break Thesaurus: metalworking and forms of …   Useful english dictionary

• metal-bashing — ˈmetal ˌbashing noun [uncountable] informal companies that are involved in metal bashing manufacture parts made of metal, usually in old fashioned ways without the use of advanced machinery: • The group has businesses ranging from sophisticated… …   Financial and business terms

• metal — noun 1》 a solid material which is typically hard, shiny, malleable, fusible, and ductile, with good electrical and thermal conductivity, e.g. iron, copper, and silver.     ↘(metals) the steel tracks of a railway.     ↘Heraldry gold and silver. 2》 …   English new terms dictionary

• metal detector — noun a) A hand held device that uses electromagnetic induction to detect buried metal. b) A structure, similar to a doorway, through which people pass; an …   Wiktionary

• metal detector — noun detector that gives a signal when it detects the presence of metal; used to detect the presence of stray bits of metal in food products or to find buried metal • Hypernyms: ↑detector, ↑sensor, ↑sensing element …   Useful english dictionary

• metal wood — noun golf wood with a metal head instead of the traditional wooden head • Hypernyms: ↑wood * * * a structural material consisting of a sheet of metal glued between two veneers or of a veneer glued between two sheets of metal …   Useful english dictionary

• metal detector — metal de,tector noun count a piece of equipment that is used for finding metal objects buried in the ground a. equipment used especially at airports for checking whether someone is carrying something such as a weapon …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• metal fatigue — metal fa,tigue noun uncount loss of strength in something made of metal that could cause it to break …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• metal detector — noun (C) 1 a machine used to find pieces of metal that are buried under the ground 2 a special frame that you walk through at an airport, used to check for weapons made of metal …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English