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metal

noun / adjective / verb

Meaning

  1. nounChemical elements or alloys, their ores, and the mines where their ores come from. 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. Any material with similar physical properties as those chemical elements, especially as a combination of several of them, such as an alloy. An element which was not directly created after the Big Bang but instead formed through nuclear reactions; any element other than hydrogen and helium. Crushed rock, stones etc. used to make a road. The ore from which a metal is derived. A mine from which ores are taken.
  2. adjectiveCharacterized by strong drum-beats and distorted guitars. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
  3. verbTo make a road using crushed rock, stones etc.

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