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pot metals

pot metals is the plural of pot metal.

Meaning of pot metal

Noun

pot metal (countable and uncountable, plural pot metals)

  1. The metal from which iron pots are made, different from common pig iron.
  2. An alloy of copper with lead used for making large vessels for various purposes in the arts.
    • Copper, with about a fourth of its weight of lead, forms pot-metal, used by the ancients for their coins.1819, William Nicholson, American Edition of the British Encyclopedia
  3. A kind of stained glass, the colours of which are incorporated with the melted glass in the pot
  4. (especially) Synonym of monkey metal.
    Synonyms:
    monkey metal

Questions about pot metals

What is pot metals the plural of?
Pot metals is the plural of pot metal.

Words near pot metals in the dictionary

  1. pot man
  2. pot marigold
  3. pot marigolds
  4. pot men
  5. pot metal
  6. pot metals
  7. pot mod
  8. pot modded
  9. pot modding
  10. pot mods
  11. pot noodle

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