metal
metal is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 9 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Ore from which a metal is derived; -- so called by miners. Raymond.
- 2.A mine from which ores are taken. [Obs.] Slaves . . . and persons condemned to metals. Jer. Taylor.
- 3.The substance of which anything is made; material; hence, constitutional disposition; character; temper. Not till God make men of some other metal than earth. Shak.
- 4.Courage; spirit; mettle. See Mettle. Shak. Note: The allusion is to the temper of the metal of a sword blade. Skeat.
- 5.The broken stone used in macadamizing roads and ballasting railroads.
- 6.The effective power or caliber of guns carried by a vessel of war.
- 7.Glass in a state of fusion. Knight.
- 8.pl. The rails of a railroad. [Eng.] Base metal (Chem.), any one of the metals, as iron, lead, etc., which are readily tarnished or oxidized, in contrast with the noble metals. In general, a metal of small value, as compared with gold or silver. -- Fusible metal (Metal.), a very fusible alloy, usually consisting of bismuth with lead, tin, or cadmium. -- Heavy metals (Chem.), the metallic elements not included in the groups of the alkalies, alkaline earths, or the earths; specifically, the heavy metals, as gold, mercury, platinum, lead, silver, etc. -- Light metals (Chem.), the metallic elements of the alkali and alkaline earth groups, as sodium, lithium, calcium, magnesium, etc.; also, sometimes, the metals of the earths, as aluminium. -- Muntz metal, an alloy for sheathing and other purposes, consisting of about sixty per cent of copper, and forty of zinc. Sometimes a little lead is added. It is named from the inventor. -- Prince's metal (Old Chem.), an alloy resembling brass, consisting of three parts of copper to one of zinc; -- also called Prince Rupert's metal.
- 9.To cover with metal; as, to metal a ship's bottom; to metal a road.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abeyance
- adobe
- alabaster
- albata
- albification
- ammunition
- and
- argent
- argentine
- arms
- baggage
- barium
- blanc
- blanch
- bleach
- blond
- blunt
- brick
- brown
- calico
- cambric
- candid
- canescent
- carbonate
- cashmere
- cement
- ceruse
- chalk
- chalky
- clapboard
- clay
- compo
- composition
- concrete
- creamy
- cretaceous
- crockery
- daubing
- dead
- dormant
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is metal.
- What is ore from which a metal is derived; -- so called by miners. Raymond called?
- What is a mine from which ores are taken. [Obs.] Slaves . . . and persons condemned to metals. Jer. Taylor called?
- What is the substance of which anything is made; material; hence, constitutional disposition; character; temper. Not till God make men of some other metal than earth. Shak called?
- What is courage; spirit; mettle. See Mettle. Shak. Note: The allusion is to the temper of the metal of a sword blade. Skeat called?
- What is the broken stone used in macadamizing roads and ballasting railroads called?
- What is the effective power or caliber of guns carried by a vessel of war called?
- What is to cover with metal; as, to metal a ship's bottom; to metal a road called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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