Type and usage of metallic from BoostVocab

metallic

/mə'tælɪk/

adjective
containing or made of or resembling or characteristic of a metal
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"a metallic compound" "metallic luster" "the strange metallic note of the meadow lark, suggesting the clash of vibrant blades"

Similar:

metal all-metal aluminiferous antimonial argentiferous auriferous bimetal bimetallic bronze gilded gold gold-bearing golden metal-looking metallic-looking metallike silver tinny

Opposite:

nonmetallic
noun
a fabric made of a yarn that is partly or entirely of metal
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type of:
cloth fabric material textile
noun
a yarn made partly or entirely of metal
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type of:
thread yarn

Examples of metallic

"a metallic compound"
"metallic luster"
"the strange metallic note of the meadow lark, suggesting the clash of vibrant blades"

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