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   metal

   /ˈmɛtl/

   noun

   • 1. a solid material which is typically hard, shiny, malleable, fusible, and ductile, with good electrical and thermal conductivity (e.g. iron, gold, silver, and aluminium, and alloys such as steel): "an adjustable pole made of metal"
   • ▪ the steel tracks of a railway: "the locomotive is presently being made ready for operation over Network SouthEast metals"
   • ▪ gold and silver (as tinctures in blazoning).
   • 2. broken stone for use in making roads: "the work also involves dealing with rock aggregates for potential use as suitable road metal"
   • 3. molten glass before it is blown or cast.
   • 4. heavy metal or similar rock music: "industrial music is a blend of metal and techno"

   verb

   • 1. make or mend (a road) with road metal: British "several miles of the old road had been metalled with crushed stone"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French metal or Latin metallum, from Greek metallon ‘mine, quarry, or metal’.

   Scrabble Points: 7

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