(role-playing games, board games) A technique used in painting miniatures (figures) to achieve a metallic finish using matte paints rather than metallic paints.

Alternative form of non-metallic metal

Designating direct contact between two metal items or elements.

Any of a number of chemical elements in the periodic table that form a metallic bond with other metal atoms; generally shiny, somewhat malleable and hard, often a conductor of heat and electricity.

(music) Characterized by strong drum-beats and distorted guitars. / Having the emotional or social characteristics associated with metal music; brash, bold, frank, unyielding, etc.

To make a road using crushed rock, stones etc.

plural of metal

(rail transport) the rail tracks owned by a company or organisation; a rail network

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of metal

(chemistry) Any chemical reaction in which a hydrogen atom is replaced by one of a metal