ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Metals

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Metals is a noun meaning plural of metal.

Meaning

plural of metal.

More Meanings

  1. (rail transport) The rail tracks owned by a company or organisation; a rail network.
  2. third-person singular simple present indicative of metal

Example Sentences

They stood on the foot-bridge over Boathouse Station and looked at the metals gleaming coldly.
It was appropriate that 'King' number 6000 began the return to steam on British Rail metals in 1971.
Now and again a night train roared along the metals within twenty feet of him; but he had all the Oriental’s indifference to mere noise, and it did not even weave a dream through his slumber.
Steam services began running over NR [Network Rail] metals from Grosmont to the traffic objective of Whitby in 2007, with operations enhanced by opening of the second platform at the terminus in 2014.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include bronze, metallic, metallike, gold, gold-bearing, argentiferous.

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