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metal

Definition

  • noun: a substance (such as gold, tin, or copper) that usually has a shiny appearance, is a good conductor of electricity and heat, can be melted, and is usually capable of being shaped
  • noun: any of various opaque, fusible, ductile, and typically lustrous substances that are good conductors of electricity and heat, form cations by loss of electrons, and yield basic oxides and hydroxides
  • verb: to cover or furnish with metal
  • often used before another noun
  • synonyms: material, character, temper

Examples

  • We are going to have to 'put the pedal to the metal' if we want to finish on time.

  • scraps/strips/sheets/lumps/pieces of 'metal'

  • sculptors who work in 'metal' and clay

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Five long years he wore this watch up his ass. Then he died of dysentery, he give me the watch. I hid this uncomfortable hunk of metal up my ass, two years. Then... after seven years... I was sent home to my family. And... now... little man, (..)
    1994 Pulp Fiction