metal
noun
[ ˈmɛt(ə)l ]
• 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"
• broken stone for use in making roads.
• "the work also involves dealing with rock aggregates for potential use as suitable road metal"
• molten glass before it is blown or cast.
• heavy metal or similar rock music.
• "industrial music is a blend of metal and techno"
metal
verb
• make or mend (a road) with road metal.
• "several miles of the old road had been metalled with crushed stone"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French metal or Latin metallum, from Greek metallon ‘mine, quarry, or metal’.
