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Synonyms for metal

Grammar : Noun
Spell : met-l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɛt l

Top 10 synonyms for metal
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Définition of metal

Origin :
  • mid-13c., from Old French metal "metal; material, substance, stuff" (12c.), from Latin metallum "metal; mine, quarry, mineral, what is got by mining," from Greek metallon "metal, ore" (senses only in post-classical texts; originally "mine, quarry, pit"), probably from metalleuein "to mine, to quarry," of unknown origin, but related somehow to metallan "to seek after." Cf. Greek metalleutes "a miner," metalleia "a searching for metals, mining."
  • noun lustrous chemical element
Example sentences :
  • The writer further says the metal was made from silver coins.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Invention of Steel Pens » by Henry Bore
  • The words of the outlaw had struck something in him that was like metal chiming on metal.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • Macdougal sat before the door, his metal flask of whisky beside him.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • After a minute or two I took the metal match-box and tossed it on to his breast.
  • Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
  • Their superiority was greater in size and weight of metal than in numbers.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson » by Robert Southey
  • While the wax was soft they stamped their names in it with a metal seal.
  • Extract from : « Buried Cities: Pompeii, Olympia, Mycenae » by Jennie Hall
  • You've been in the thick of life, and the metal you're made of brightens with use.
  • Extract from : « The Greater Inclination » by Edith Wharton
  • Of money in its ancient form of metal coins and paper, I found no evidence.
  • Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
  • One side of this chamber was partitioned off with some sort of metal wall.
  • Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
  • The cover of the furnace had burst, and the metal began to flow!
  • Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
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