metal: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 7 letter points · starts with M · ends with L
Meaning of metal
noun
- countable, uncountable
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.
- countable, uncountable
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.
- countable, uncountable
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.
- countable, uncountable
Chemical elements or alloys, their ores, and the mines where their ores come from. Crushed rock, stones etc. used to make a road.
Listed forms: metals.
Source: Wiktionary — metal.
adj
Characterized by strong drum-beats and distorted guitars.
Having the emotional or social characteristics associated with metal music; brash, bold, frank, unyielding, etc.
Source: Wiktionary — metal.
verb
To make a road using crushed rock, stones etc.
Listed forms: metals, metaling, metalling, metaled, metalled.
Source: Wiktionary — metal.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for metal.
adjective
containing or made of or resembling or characteristic of a metal
noun
any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.
- metallic element
noun
a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is metal in our word lists?
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| American English | Found |
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Letter-value score of metal
M(3) + E(1) + T(1) + A(1) + L(1) = 7 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of metal
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from metal
43 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in metal. Showing up to 24, longest first.