Meaning

noun any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.

adjective containing or made of or resembling or characteristic of a metal; ; ; - Ambrose Bierce

verb cover with metal

originFrom 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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