(of a road) Surfaced, tarred, covered in stone or crushed rock (usually tar-coated). / (of any object) Made of metal or having metal fittings or plating.

simple past tense and past participle of metal

Designating direct contact between two metal items or elements.

(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.

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.

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.

The quality or state of being metallic. / (astronomy) The abundance of elements heavier than helium in stars as a result of nucleosynthesis.

plural of metaller