Aich's metal () A kind of gun metal, containing copper, zinc, and iron, but no tin. |
Babbitt metal () A soft white alloy of variable composition (as a nine parts of tin to one of copper, or of fifty parts of tin to five of antimony and one of copper) used in bearings to diminish friction. |
Bell metal () A hard alloy or bronze, consisting usually of about three parts of copper to one of tin |
Blond metal () A variety of clay ironstone, in Staffordshire, England, used for making tools. |
Chipping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chip |
Chipping (n.) A chip |
Chipping (n.) The act or process of cutting or breaking off small pieces, as in dressing iron with a chisel, or reducing a timber or block of stone to shape. |
Chipping (n.) The breaking off in small pieces of the edges of potter's ware, porcelain, etc. |
Chipping bird () The chippy. |
Chipping squirrel () See Chipmunk. |
Cutting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cut |
Cutting (n.) The act or process of making an incision, or of severing, felling, shaping, etc. |
Cutting (n.) Something cut, cut off, or cut out, as a twig or scion cut off from a stock for the purpose of grafting or of rooting as an independent plant |
Cutting (a.) Adapted to cut |
Cutting (a.) Chilling |
Cutting (a.) Severe |
Kingston metal () An alloy of tin, copper, and mercury, sometimes used for the bearings and packings of machinery. |
Machining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Machine |
Machining (a.) Of or pertaining to the machinery of a poem |
Metal (n.) An elementary substance, as sodium, calcium, or copper, whose oxide or hydroxide has basic rather than acid properties, as contrasted with the nonmetals, or metalloids. No sharp line can be drawn between the metals and nonmetals, and certain elements partake of both acid and basic qualities, as chromium, manganese, bismuth, etc. |
Metal (n.) Ore from which a metal is derived |
Metal (n.) A mine from which ores are taken. |
Metal (n.) The substance of which anything is made |
Metal (n.) Courage |
Metal (n.) The broken stone used in macadamizing roads and ballasting railroads. |
Metal (n.) The effective power or caliber of guns carried by a vessel of war. |
Metal (n.) Glass in a state of fusion. |
Metal (n.) The rails of a railroad. |
Metal (v. t.) To cover with metal |
Muntz metal () See under Metal. |
Screw-cutting (a.) Adapted for forming a screw by cutting |
Tula metal () An alloy of silver, copper, and lead made at Tula in Russia. |
Wood's metal () A fusible alloy consisting of one or two parts of cadmium, two parts of tin, four of lead, with seven or eight part of bismuth. It melts at from 66¡ |
cost cutting | the act of cutting costs |
price cutting price cut | cutting the price of merchandise to one lower than the usual or advertised price |
cut cutting cutting off | the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends, the barber gave him a good cut |
cutting thinning | the act of diluting something, the cutting of whiskey with water, the thinning of paint with turpentine |
chip chipping splintering | the act of chipping something |
cut cutting | the act of cutting something into parts, his cuts were skillful, his cutting of the cake made a terrible mess |
cut cutting | the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge, his cut in the lining revealed the hidden jewels |
abscission cutting off | the act of cutting something off |
ablation extirpation cutting out excision | surgical removal of a body part or tissue |
cut cutting | the division of a deck of cards before dealing, he insisted that we give him the last cut before every deal, the cutting of the cards soon became a ritual |
sheet-metal work | the craft of doing sheet metal work (as in ventilation systems) |
carving cutting | removing parts from hard material to create a desired pattern or shape |
film editing cutting | the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film |
chipping sparrow Spizella passerina | small North American finch common in urban areas |
chopping board cutting board | a wooden board where meats or vegetables can be cut |
cutter cutlery cutting tool | a cutting implement, a tool for cutting |
cutting implement | a tool used for cutting or slicing |
cutting room | a room where films or tapes are edited (by cutting out unwanted parts) |
drum metal drum | a cylindrical metal container used for shipping or storage of liquids |
full metal jacket | a lead bullet that is covered with a jacket of a harder metal (usually copper) |
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 |
knife edge cutting edge | the sharp cutting side of the blade of a knife |
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 |
plating metal plating | a thin coating of metal deposited on a surface |
sheet metal | sheet of metal formed into a thin plate |
vanguard forefront cutting edge | the position of greatest importance or advancement, the leading position in any movement or field, the Cotswolds were once at the forefront of woollen manufacturing in England, the idea of motion was always to the forefront of his mind and central to his philosophy |
clipping newspaper clipping press clipping cutting press cutting | an excerpt cut from a newspaper or magazine, he searched through piles of letters and clippings |
heavy metal heavy metal music | loud and harsh sounding rock music with a strong beat, lyrics usually involve violent or fantastic imagery |
cutting | a piece cut off from the main part of something |
metal filing | a fragment of metal rubbed off by the use of a file |
cutting slip | a part (sometimes a root or leaf or bud) removed from a plant to propagate a new plant through rooting or grafting |
precious metal | any of the less common and valuable metals often used to make coins or jewelry |
coinage mintage specie metal money | coins collectively |
cutting angle | the angle between the face of a cutting tool and the surface of the work |
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 |