metal

1. metal (noun) — sense 1

Definition: Chemical elements or alloys, their ores, and the mines where their ores come from.: 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.

Example: Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese, a silvery metal, began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated.

2. metal (noun) — sense 2

Definition: Chemical elements or alloys, their ores, and the mines where their ores come from.: Any material with similar physical properties as those chemical elements, especially as a combination of several of them, such as an alloy.

Example: But then I had the flintlock by me for protection. ¶ There were giants in the days when that gun was made; for surely no modern mortal could have held that mass of metal steady to his shoulder. The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window[…].

3. metal (noun) — sense 3

Definition: Chemical elements or alloys, their ores, and the mines where their ores come from.: An element which was not directly created after the Big Bang but instead formed through nuclear reactions; any element other than hydrogen and helium.

Example: Most of the matter in stars is hydrogen and helium, and the metals (including carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and so on) were cooked up inside stars.

4. metal (adj) — sense 4

Definition: Characterized by strong drum-beats and distorted guitars.

5. metal (adj) — sense 5

Definition: Having the emotional or social characteristics associated with metal music; brash, bold, frank, unyielding, etc.

Example: The beast will destroy everything in his path
With this song on the upcoming brawl
It sure is a long one and tough to pronounce but
It's the most metal title of all

6. metal (verb) — sense 6

Definition: To make a road using crushed rock, stones etc.