Definition: 1. A type of solid mineral substance that is usually hard and shiny and that heat and electricity can travel through, for example tin, iron, and gold. 2. Any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.
Use 'metal' in a sentence:
1. Zinc is used to protect other metals from corrosion.
2. Metal, oil and soap contains foreign matter, respectively.
3. If metal gets hot it expands.
4. Along each wall stretched green metal filing cabinets.
5. We hammer metal with a hammer.
6. Heavy Metal music really arose in the late 60s.
7. To join these two pieces of metal, it will be necessary to heat them.
8. Lead was one of the metals known to the ancient world.
9. This metal is thick enough to turn a bullet.
10. The only reminder of the shooting is a few fragments of metal in my shoulder.
11. Surgeon Geoffrey Horne placed a metal band around the knee cap to help it knit back together.
12. You need a strong adhesive to bond wood to metal.
13. The metal felt smooth and cold.
14. The sulphuric acid ate into the parts of the metal where the coat of paint had peeled.
15. The bare metal was sprayed with several coats of primer.
16. Cars are mostly metal.
17. The metal is then minutely examined to ensure there are no cracks.
18. A sheet of metal was shaken to simulate the noise of thunder.
19. A lot of scrap metal can be melted down and used again.
20. I plunked down on one of the small metal chairs.
21. This metal machines easily.
22. He hit his head against a metal bar.
23. When the temperature reaches melting point, the metal runs off as a liquid and flows into special modules.
24. I listened to the thwack of the metal balls.
25. The frame is made of metal.
26. Rust had eaten into the metal.
27. The spade jarred on something metal.
28. Clean the metal with a soft dry cloth.
29. Along each wall stretched uniform green metal filing cabinets.
30. The molten metal is poured into the mould.
31. Moths flew in front of it, eventually settling on the rough painted metal.
32. His music is a heady brew of heavy metal and punk.
33. With difficulty he released the mattress from the metal frame, and groped beneath it.
34. One great advantage of this metal is that it doesn't rust.
35. The acid has eaten through the metal.
36. Aluminium is a kind of metal.
37. A worker put metal bands around the safe.
38. The problem turned out to be metal fatigue in the fuselage.
39. The profits rise was achieved against a backdrop of falling metal prices.
40. The riveter riveted the metal sheets to the ship's bottom.
41. This workshop melts down the metal scrap.
42. The bomb left a pile of jagged glass and twisted metal.
43. It cannot be used to bond wood to metal.
44. You have to file away for hours to get this metal smooth.
45. The metal had been valued at twice or thrice its current price.
46. The worker fined the metal down.
47. He took out a metal flask from a canvas bag.
48. Acid corrodes metal.
49. He hit the metal steps with a ringing crash.
50. You need a powerful saw to cut through metal.
51. When nuclear fuel is manufactured it is encased in metal cans.
52. The car was left a mess of twisted metal.
53. The boy jarred against a broken metal pail.
54. This metal tower is used to relay television signals to distant villages.
55. The metal had been beaten flat.
56. She had a metal plate inserted in her arm.
57. The metal plate behind my head radiated heat.
58. The wing of the plane showed signs of metal fatigue.
59. The machine punches a row of holes in the metal sheet.
60. After the crash the car was a mass of twisted metal.
61. The metal container began to emit a clicking sound.
62. The car bodies are pressed out of sheets of metal.
63. A typical fluorescent lamp is a tube with metal electrodes at each end.
