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base metal

base metal noun: any metal at the lower end of the electrochemical series that oxidizes readily.

Noun

base metal (countable and uncountable, plural base metals)

  1. Any metal at the lower end of the electrochemical series that oxidizes readily.
  2. The metal to be welded (rather than that used to weld).
  3. A common or inexpensive metal.
    1. one that was hoped to be transmuted into a precious metal.

base metal meaning in Tamil

base metal in Tamil

மூல உலோகம், மூலஉலோகம், எளியவுலோகம், தாழ் உலோகம், மட்ட உலோகம்

Forms of base metal

pluralbase metals

Questions about base metal

What does base metal mean?
Base metal means any metal at the lower end of the electrochemical series that oxidizes readily.
What is base metal in Tamil?
Base metal in Tamil is மூல உலோகம், மூலஉலோகம், எளியவுலோகம். See Base metal meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is base metal?
Base metal is a noun.
What is the plural of base metal?
The plural of base metal is base metals.

Words near base metal in the dictionary

  1. base level
  2. base levels
  3. base load
  4. base loads
  5. base memory
  6. base metal
  7. base metals
  8. base name
  9. base names
  10. base note
  11. base notes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: base metal (page history and authors); base metal (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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