- 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
- a piece/sheet of metal
- a metal pipe/bar/box/plate
- a heap of scrap metal
- a roof of sheet metal
- The frame is made of metal.
Extra ExamplesTopics Physics and chemistrya2- Sheet metal was chosen for the exterior walls and roof.
- Factory waste containing heavy metals could cause pollution.
- The bomb left a pile of jagged glass and twisted metal.
- a sculptor who works in metal
- the sound of metal clanging against metal
- the sudden pressure of cold metal against her cheek
- The company makes equipment to recycle scrap metal.
- Twisted hunks of metal were falling off the facade.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjectivesee also nu metal- soft
- pure
- ferrous
- …
- chunk
- hunk
- lump
- …
- be cast in
- be made from/of/out of
- melt
- …
- contract
- expand
- rust
- …
- alloy
- hydride
- oxide
- …
- in metal
- the clang of metal
- the clash of metal
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French metal or Latin metallum, from Greek metallon ‘mine, quarry, or metal’.
Idioms
See metal in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee metal in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishput the pedal to the metal
(also with the pedal to the metal)
(North American English, informal)- (to go) at full speed; (to drive) with the accelerator of the car pressed to the floor
- We drove through the night flat-out, with the pedal to the metal.
- to use as much effort as possible; with as much effort as possible
- I'm still putting the pedal to the metal here at work.
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