(economics) Any economic system based on the value of metals (especially gold or silver).

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.

One who metals a road. / (music, informal) One who listens to heavy metal music.

Of, relating to, or characteristic of metal. / Made of or containing metal. / (of a sound) Harsh, as if coming from two metals striking one another.

A metallic color.

plural of metal

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