Plural of metal
regular plural
The plural of metal is metals.
Forms of metal
| Singular | metal /ˈmɛ.təl/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | metals |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Metals in a sentence
- Earth is surrounded by a magnetosphere — an invisible bubble of magnetism generated by the powerful churning of molten metals at Earth’s core.2023 December 27, Mindy Weisberger, “Ancient bricks baked when Nebuchadnezzar II was king absorbed a power surge in Earth’s magnetic...
- Most of the matter in stars is hydrogen and helium, and the metals (including carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and so on) were cooked up inside stars.2003, Michael A. Seeds, Astronomy: The Solar System and Beyond, Thomson Brooks/Cole, →ISBN
- Today we studied about metals — including iron — at school.From the entry iron
- The expansion of metals and plastics in response to heat is well understood.From the entry expansion
- Water ligands typically bind metals in a labile fashion and are rapidly interchanged in aqueous solution.From the entry labile
Meaning of metal
- noun Any of a number of chemical elements in the periodic table that form a metallic bond with other metal atoms; generally shiny, somewhat malleable and hard, often a conductor of heat and electricity.
- noun Any material with similar physical properties as those chemical elements, especially as a combination of several of them, such as an alloy.
- noun An element which was not directly created after the Big Bang but instead formed through nuclear reactions; any element other than hydrogen and helium.
Questions about the plural of metal
- What is the plural of metal?
- The plural of metal is metals.
- Is metal countable?
- Metal is a countable and uncountable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: metal (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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