steam fitting | care (installation and maintenance) of equipment for ventilating or heating or refrigerating |
works deeds | performance of moral or religious acts, salvation by deeds, the reward for good works |
sheet-metal work | the craft of doing sheet metal work (as in ventilation systems) |
fitting try-on trying on | putting clothes on to see whether they fit |
appointment fitting | (usually plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel) |
drum metal drum | a cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids |
dye-works | a workshop where dyeing is done |
fitting | a small and often standardized accessory to a larger system |
full metal jacket | a lead bullet that is covered with a jacket of a harder metal (usually copper) |
gas fitting | the fitting (pipes or valves or meters) that convey gas from the gas main to the gas fixtures of a building |
gauntlet gantlet metal glove | a glove of armored leather, protects the hand |
hacksaw hack saw metal saw | saw used with one hand for cutting metal |
ingot metal bar block of metal | metal that is cast in the shape of a block for convenient handling |
ironmongery | the merchandise that is sold in an ironmonger's shop |
liquid metal reactor | a nuclear reactor using liquid metal as a coolant |
metal detector | detector that gives a signal when it detects the presence of metal, used to detect the presence of stray bits of metal in food products or to find buried metal |
metal screw | screw made of metal |
metal wood | golf wood with a metal head instead of the traditional wooden head |
mounting | framework used for support or display |
pipefitting pipe fitting | fitting consisting of threaded pieces of pipe for joining pipes together |
plant works industrial plant | buildings for carrying on industrial labor, they built a large plant to manufacture automobiles |
plating metal plating | a thin coating of metal deposited on a surface |
public works | structures (such as highways or schools or bridges or docks) constructed at government expense for public use |
sewage system sewer system sewage works | facility consisting of a system of sewers for carrying off liquid and solid sewage |
sheet metal | sheet of metal formed into a thin plate |
works workings | the internal mechanism of a device |
works program | a program to provide jobs on public works paid for by government funds |
heavy metal heavy metal music | loud and harsh sounding rock music with a strong beat, lyrics usually involve violent or fantastic imagery |
adjustment accommodation fitting | making or becoming suitable, adjusting to circumstances |
climb climbing mounting | an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.) |
works council | (chiefly Brit) a council representing employer and employees of a plant or business to discuss working conditions etc, also: a committee representing the workers elected to negotiate with management about grievances and wages etc |
metal filing | a fragment of metal rubbed off by the use of a file |
precious metal | any of the less common and valuable metals often used to make coins or jewelry |
coinage mintage specie metal money | coins collectively |
a whole shebang whole kit and caboodle kit and caboodle whole kit and boodle kit and boodle whole kit whole caboodle whole works works full treatment | everything available, usually preceded by `the', we saw the whole shebang, a hotdog with the works, we took on the whole caboodle, for $ you get the full treatment |
alloy metal | a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten, brass is an alloy of zinc and copper |
heavy metal | a metal of relatively high density (specific gravity greater than about ) or of high relative atomic weight (especially one that is poisonous like mercury or lead) |
base metal | a metal that is common and not considered precious, lead, iron, copper, tin, and zinc are base metals |
terbium metal | a separate group of related lanthanides, including terbium, europium, gadolinium, and sometimes dysprosium |
metallic element metal | any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc. |
noble metal | any metal that is resistant to corrosion or oxidation |
road metal | broken rock used for repairing or making roads |
alkali metal alkaline metal | any of the monovalent metals of group I of the periodic table (lithium or sodium or potassium or rubidium or cesium or francium), the hydroxides of the alkali metals are strongly alkaline |
alkaline earth alkaline-earth metal | any of the bivalent metals of group II of the periodic table (calcium or strontium or barium or magnesium or beryllium) |
fusible metal | an alloy with a low melting point and used as solder and in safety plugs and sprinkler fuses |
pot metal | an alloy of copper and lead used especially for making large pots |
Monel metal Monell metal | an alloy of nickel and copper and other metals (such as iron and or manganese and or aluminum) |
type metal | an alloy of tin and lead and antimony used to make printing type |
white metal bearing metal | an alloy (often of lead or tin base) used for bearings |
alpha-beta brass Muntz metal yellow metal | a brass that has more zinc and is stronger than alpha brass, used in making castings and hot-worked products |