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

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

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of metal

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

plural of metal

(chemistry) Any anion or salt containing a metal atom ligated to one or more oxygen or other atoms, or to small groups; e.g. tungstate, tetrathiomolybdate or ferrocyanide

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

Alternative spelling of metallate

metallic / Resembling metal music.