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# metallic

«metallic» in Mova's school dictionary: **made of metal or having the properties of metal** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (metallic; more metallic)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Metallic means made of metal or having the properties of metal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/metallic/#m1)

2) Metallic means looking shiny like metal («metallic paint», «metallic blue»). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/metallic/#m2)

3) A metallic sound is hard and ringing; a metallic taste is like the taste of a coin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/metallic/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons on materials, metallic materials are usually shiny, hard, strong, and conduct heat and electricity; most are not magnetic except iron, nickel and cobalt. In art, metallic pens and paints are gold, silver and shiny colours. In stories, a metallic clang or taste adds detail.

### examples

- Copper is a metallic element. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/metallic/#x1)
- The car is painted metallic silver. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/metallic/#x2)
- Metallic materials conduct electricity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/metallic/#x3)
- We heard a metallic clang in the shed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/metallic/#x4)
- The water had a metallic taste. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/metallic/#x5)
- I used metallic gold pens for the card. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/metallic/#x6)
- Metallic objects feel cold to touch because they conduct heat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/metallic/#x7)

### note

Adjective from «metal»; spelt with double l. Trap: not all metallic things are magnetic — aluminium and copper are not. Do not confuse «metal» and «medal» (a prize).

### In the corpora

- [Asteroids are rocky or metallic leftovers from the birth of the Solar System, ranging from pebbles to hundreds of kilometres across.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/space/9-asteroids-and-the-asteroid-belt/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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