1. metal - Noun
2. metal - Adjective
3. metal - Verb
An elementary substance, as sodium, calcium, or copper, whose oxide or hydroxide has basic rather than acid properties, as contrasted with the nonmetals, or metalloids. No sharp line can be drawn between the metals and nonmetals, and certain elements partake of both acid and basic qualities, as chromium, manganese, bismuth, etc.
Ore from which a metal is derived; -- so called by miners.
A mine from which ores are taken.
The substance of which anything is made; material; hence, constitutional disposition; character; temper.
Courage; spirit; mettle. See Mettle.
The broken stone used in macadamizing roads and ballasting railroads.
The effective power or caliber of guns carried by a vessel of war.
Glass in a state of fusion.
The rails of a railroad.
To cover with metal; as, to metal a ship's bottom; to metal a road.
Source: Webster's dictionaryNewspapers are the second hand of history. This hand, however, is usually not only of inferior metal to the other hands, it also seldom works properly. Arthur Schopenhauer
I weigh the man, not his title; 'tis not the king's stamp can make the metal better. William Wycherley
It is by presence of mind in untried emergencies that the native metal of man is tested. James Russell Lowell
If the metal is not good, you cannot take it out on the blacksmith. Ekonda Proverb
Eggs and metal do not go in the same basket. Ewe Proverb
Eggs and metal should not be put in the same sack. Ewe Proverb