metal
Chemical elements or alloys, their ores, and the mines where their ores come from.
Noun 4 meanings
Chemical elements or alloys, their ores, and the mines where their ores come from.
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.
Adjective 2 meanings
Characterized by strong drum-beats and distorted guitars.
Having the emotional or social characteristics associated with metal music; brash, bold, frank, unyielding, etc.
Verb 1 meaning
To make a road using crushed rock, stones etc.
Etymology
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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METAL at a glance
METAL has 5 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (M 3 + E 1 + T 1 + A 1 + L 1) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,562 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with metal
All rhymesOne letter away
- MEDAL8
- FETAL8
- PETAL7
- SETAL5
- METOL7
- MESAL7
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