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# aluminium

«aluminium» in Mova's school dictionary: **a light, silver-coloured metal that does not rust** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (aluminium; US aluminum)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Aluminium is a light, silver-coloured metal that does not rust. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aluminium/#m1)

2) Aluminium is the metal used to make drink cans, foil, window frames and parts of planes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aluminium/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons aluminium is a metal: it conducts electricity and heat, is light and can be recycled again and again. Recycling aluminium cans saves a lot of energy. A magnet does not pick up aluminium, which helps to sort cans from steel. Phrases: aluminium foil, aluminium can, kitchen foil.

### examples

- Drink cans are made of aluminium. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aluminium/#x1)
- Wrap the sandwiches in aluminium foil. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aluminium/#x2)
- Aluminium is light, so it is used in planes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aluminium/#x3)
- A magnet will not stick to an aluminium can. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aluminium/#x4)
- We recycle aluminium cans at school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aluminium/#x5)
- Aluminium does not rust. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aluminium/#x6)
- The ladder is made of aluminium. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aluminium/#x7)

### note

Uncountable noun. British, Irish, Australian and New Zealand English: «aluminium» (al-yoo-MIN-ee-um); American and Canadian English: «aluminum» (a-LOO-mi-num). Both are correct. Trap: magnets attract iron and steel, not aluminium. Never put aluminium foil in a microwave.

### In the corpora

- [Most drink cans are aluminium, a light metal protected by a thin invisible layer that stops it wearing away.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/2-elements-and-the-periodic-table/15/)
- [Long ago aluminium was so hard to get out of rock that it was more precious than gold.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/2-elements-and-the-periodic-table/16/)
- [A magnet pulls out iron and steel things but not sand; aluminium cans are not picked up by a magnet.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/8-separating-mixtures/9/)
- [Aluminium and glass can be recycled again and again without wearing out.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/32-recycling-second-life/9/)
- [Recycling metals uses much less energy than mining new ore, and aluminium can be recycled again and again.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/60-metals-mining-and-what-they-cost/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «aluminium» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aluminium/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.