metal
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.
Types & categories
- chemical element
- heavy metal
- base metal
- noble metal
- aluminum
- americium
- antimony
- barium
- berkelium
- beryllium
- bismuth
- cadmium
- calcium
- californium
- cerium
- cesium
- chromium
- cobalt
- copper
- curium
- dysprosium
- einsteinium
- erbium
- europium
- fermium
- francium
- gadolinium
- gallium
- hafnium
- holmium
- indium
- iridium
- iron
- lanthanum
- Pb
- lithium
- lutetium
- magnesium
- manganese
- mercury
- molybdenum
- neodymium
- neptunium
- nickel
- niobium
- osmium
- palladium
- Po
- potassium
- praseodymium
- promethium
- protactinium
- Ra
- Re
- rhodium
- rubidium
- ruthenium
- samarium
- scandium
- sodium
- strontium
- tantalum
- technetium
- Tb
- thallium
- thorium
- thulium
- tin
- titanium
- W
- uranium
- vanadium
- Yb
- Y
- zinc
- zirconium
- alkali metal
- alkaline earth
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Sense 2 verb
cover with metal
Types & categories
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Sense 3 noun
a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten
brass is an alloy of zinc and copper
Types & categories
- mixture
- heavy metal
- 18-karat gold
- 22-karat gold
- oroide
- Alnico
- amalgam
- fusible metal
- electrum
- pewter
- pinchbeck
- pot metal
- solder
- white gold
- type metal
- white metal
- Babbitt metal
- Britannia metal
- Carboloy
- steel
- cheoplastic metal
- copper-base alloy
- dental gold
- Duralumin
- Inconel
- Invar
- nickel-base alloy
- nickel silver
- pyrophoric alloy
- shot metal
- Stellite
- sterling silver
- tombac
- Wood's metal
Parts & wholes
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | metal |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | metallic |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | chemical element |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | heavy metal |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | base metal |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | noble metal |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | aluminum |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | americium |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | antimony |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | barium |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | berkelium |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | beryllium |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bismuth |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cadmium |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | calcium |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | californium |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cerium |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cesium |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | chromium |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cobalt |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | copper |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | curium |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dysprosium |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | einsteinium |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | erbium |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | europium |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fermium |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | francium |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | gadolinium |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | gallium |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hafnium |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | holmium |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | indium |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | iridium |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | iron |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | lanthanum |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Pb |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | lithium |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | lutetium |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | magnesium |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | manganese |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mercury |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | molybdenum |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | neodymium |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | neptunium |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | nickel |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | niobium |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | osmium |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | palladium |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Po |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | potassium |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | praseodymium |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | promethium |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | protactinium |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Ra |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Re |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rhodium |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rubidium |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ruthenium |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | samarium |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | scandium |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sodium |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | strontium |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tantalum |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | technetium |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Tb |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | thallium |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | thorium |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | thulium |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tin |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | titanium |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | W |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | uranium |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | vanadium |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Yb |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Y |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | zinc |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | zirconium |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | alkali metal |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | alkaline earth |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | alloy |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | metal |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | coat |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | alloy |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | metal |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | metallic |
| 3 | substance meronym | Parts & wholes | solid solution |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | mixture |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | heavy metal |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | 18-karat gold |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | 22-karat gold |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | oroide |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Alnico |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | amalgam |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | fusible metal |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | electrum |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | pewter |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | pinchbeck |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | pot metal |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | solder |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | white gold |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | type metal |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | white metal |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Babbitt metal |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Britannia metal |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Carboloy |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | steel |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | cheoplastic metal |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | copper-base alloy |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | dental gold |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Duralumin |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Inconel |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Invar |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | nickel-base alloy |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | nickel silver |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | pyrophoric alloy |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | shot metal |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Stellite |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | sterling silver |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | tombac |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Wood's metal |