metallic

«metallic» in Mova's school dictionary: made of metal or having the properties of metal — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (metallic; more metallic)

meaning for a pupil

1) Metallic means made of metal or having the properties of metal. tree →

2) Metallic means looking shiny like metal («metallic paint», «metallic blue»). tree →

3) A metallic sound is hard and ringing; a metallic taste is like the taste of a coin. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons on materials, metallic materials are usually shiny, hard, strong, and conduct heat and electricity; most are not magnetic except iron, nickel and cobalt. In art, metallic pens and paints are gold, silver and shiny colours. In stories, a metallic clang or taste adds detail.

examples

• Copper is a metallic element. tree →
• The car is painted metallic silver. tree →
• Metallic materials conduct electricity. tree →
• We heard a metallic clang in the shed. tree →
• The water had a metallic taste. tree →
• I used metallic gold pens for the card. tree →
• Metallic objects feel cold to touch because they conduct heat. tree →

note

Adjective from «metal»; spelt with double l. Trap: not all metallic things are magnetic — aluminium and copper are not. Do not confuse «metal» and «medal» (a prize).

In the corpora

• Asteroids are rocky or metallic leftovers from the birth of the Solar System, ranging from pebbles to hundreds of kilometres across.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «metallic» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.