metal.
Chemical elements or alloys, their ores, and the mines where their ores come from.
Meaning & usage
Chemical 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.
Chemical elements or alloys, their ores, and the mines where their ores come from. Any material with similar physical properties as those chemical elements, especially as a combination of several of them, such as an alloy.
Chemical elements or alloys, their ores, and the mines where their ores come from. An element which was not directly created after the Big Bang but instead formed through nuclear reactions; any element other than hydrogen and helium.
Chemical elements or alloys, their ores, and the mines where their ores come from. Crushed rock, stones etc. used to make a road.
Chemical elements or alloys, their ores, and the mines where their ores come from. The ore from which a metal is derived.
Chemical elements or alloys, their ores, and the mines where their ores come from. A mine from which ores are taken.
A light tincture used in a coat of arms, specifically argent (white or silver) and or (gold).
Molten glass that is to be blown or moulded to form objects.
A category of rock music encompassing a number of genres (including thrash metal, death metal, etc.) characterized by strong drumbeats and distorted guitars.
The substance that constitutes something or someone; matter; hence, character or temper.
The effective power or calibre of guns carried by a vessel of war.
The rails of a railway.
The actual airline operating a flight, rather than any of the codeshare operators.
We have American Airlines tickets, but it's on British Airways metal.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Ancient Greek μέτᾰλλον (métăllon)der. Latin metallum Old French metalbor. Middle English metal English metal From Middle English metal, a borrowing from Old French metal, from Latin metallum (“metal, mine, quarry, mineral”), itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek μέταλλον (métallon, “mine, quarry, metal”).
Characterized by strong drum-beats and distorted guitars.
Having the emotional or social characteristics associated with metal music; brash, bold, frank, unyielding, etc.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Ancient Greek μέτᾰλλον (métăllon)der. Latin metallum Old French metalbor. Middle English metal English metal From Middle English metal, a borrowing from Old French metal, from Latin metallum (“metal, mine, quarry, mineral”), itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek μέταλλον (métallon, “mine, quarry, metal”).
To make a road using crushed rock, stones etc.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Ancient Greek μέτᾰλλον (métăllon)der. Latin metallum Old French metalbor. Middle English metal English metal From Middle English metal, a borrowing from Old French metal, from Latin metallum (“metal, mine, quarry, mineral”), itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek μέταλλον (métallon, “mine, quarry, metal”).
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