What part of speech is metal?

Metal can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. metal is a verb, present, 1st person singular of metal (infinitive).
  • 2. metal is a verb (infinitive).
  • 3. metal is a noun, singular of metals.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does metal mean?

Definitions

Verb

metal - cover with metal

Noun

metal - 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.
metal - Any material with similar physical properties, such as an alloy.
metal - Any element other than hydrogen and helium,Majewski, S. R. 2003, 2006. CHEMICAL ABUNDANCE EFFECTS ON SPECTRAL ENERGY DISTRIBUTIONS. ASTR 551 Majewski Lecture Notes. or sometimes other than hydrogen. Martin, J. C. n. d.. What we learn from a star's metal content.
metal - Crushed rock, stones etc. used to make a road.
metal - A light tincture used in a coat of arms , specifically argent and or.
metal - Molten glass that is to be blown or moulded to form objects.
metal - A category of rock music encompassing a number of genres including thrash metal, death metal, heavy metal, etc. characterized by strong, fast drum-beats and distorted guitars.
metal - The substance that constitutes something or someone; matter; hence, character or temper; mettle.

Examples of metal

#   Sentence  
1. noun "Another generation of heavy metal has taken over, and -- sorry -- it ain't just about strippers and dope.
2. noun But more and more, as metal evolves into a huge international music that belongs to everyone, it has gotten to be something weirder.
3. noun They were death metal brainwashed fans, literally fulfilling the death metal paradigm, er ... morality.
4. noun Perhaps we should look at the death metal phenomenon less as an invitation to violence than as a couter-cultural response to the over hypocrisy of a large percentage of the 'Church-Morality' crowd, which gives a lot of lip service to loving thy neighbor, but doesn't apply that love very far beyond their own congregation.
5. noun Since the article was specifically about "death metal" I guess the author missed this little tidbit or we just have waaaaaaaaaaaaay different definitions of morality:
6. noun They had been drinking at a pub called the Midnight - the centre of the heavy metal scene in Milan - and they never came home.
7. noun Michele Tollis, Fabio's father, began to attend metal concerts and festivals across Europe, handing out leaflets and quizzing Fabio's friends.
8. noun Fabio and his friends were into the most extreme forms of heavy metal music - death metal and black metal, music obsessed with images of murder and satanism - and the role of this music is central to the story.
9. noun No one can contradict me when I say that heavy metal and satanism are closely linked.
10. noun "No one can contradict me when I say that heavy metal and satanism are closely linked.
11. noun I wholly agree, and would expand that statement to include: "To hell with death metal".
12. noun ... the most extreme forms of heavy metal music - death metal and black metal, music obsessed with images of murder and satanism - and the role of this music is central to the story.
13. noun Of the metal music farce, Ministry has definately made in-road into 'Loose Change"-"Alex Jones" territory with their new record, Rio Grande Blood.
14. noun I can't believe there are no serious metal fans who frequent RI.
15. noun In regards to death metal, the problem is, once again, a question of education, history and the vacuous lack of perspective in American culture.
Sentence  
noun
"Another generation of heavy metal has taken over, and -- sorry -- it ain't just about strippers and dope.
But more and more, as metal evolves into a huge international music that belongs to everyone, it has gotten to be something weirder.
They were death metal brainwashed fans, literally fulfilling the death metal paradigm, er ... morality.
Perhaps we should look at the death metal phenomenon less as an invitation to violence than as a couter-cultural response to the over hypocrisy of a large percentage of the 'Church-Morality' crowd, which gives a lot of lip service to loving thy neighbor, but doesn't apply that love very far beyond their own congregation.
Since the article was specifically about "death metal" I guess the author missed this little tidbit or we just have waaaaaaaaaaaaay different definitions of morality:
They had been drinking at a pub called the Midnight - the centre of the heavy metal scene in Milan - and they never came home.
Michele Tollis, Fabio's father, began to attend metal concerts and festivals across Europe, handing out leaflets and quizzing Fabio's friends.
Fabio and his friends were into the most extreme forms of heavy metal music - death metal and black metal, music obsessed with images of murder and satanism - and the role of this music is central to the story.
No one can contradict me when I say that heavy metal and satanism are closely linked.
"No one can contradict me when I say that heavy metal and satanism are closely linked.
I wholly agree, and would expand that statement to include: "To hell with death metal".
... the most extreme forms of heavy metal music - death metal and black metal, music obsessed with images of murder and satanism - and the role of this music is central to the story.
Of the metal music farce, Ministry has definately made in-road into 'Loose Change"-"Alex Jones" territory with their new record, Rio Grande Blood.
I can't believe there are no serious metal fans who frequent RI.
In regards to death metal, the problem is, once again, a question of education, history and the vacuous lack of perspective in American culture.

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