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precious metal

precious metal noun: a rare metallic chemical element of high economic value, such as gold, platinum, palladium, or rhodium.

precious metal: a rare metallic chemical element of high economic value, such as gold, platinum, palladium, or...
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Noun

precious metal (countable and uncountable, plural precious metals)

  1. A rare metallic chemical element of high economic value, such as gold, platinum, palladium, or rhodium.
    • The reason for the ruckus: A thief in the night had made off with the car’s catalytic converter, a critical emissions-control device that contains precious metals more valuable than gold.2021 February 9, Hiroko Tabuchi, “Thieves Nationwide Are Slithering Under Cars, Swiping Catalytic Converters”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

precious metal meaning in Tamil, Malay, Thai and Vietnamese

precious metal in Tamil

அரிய உலோகம்

precious metal in Malay

metallic element with high economic value
logam berharga, logam bernilai

precious metal in Thai

metallic element with high economic value
โลหะมีค่า

precious metal in Vietnamese

metallic element with high economic value
kim loại quý, kim khí quý

Forms of precious metal

pluralprecious metals

Questions about precious metal

What does precious metal mean?
Precious metal means a rare metallic chemical element of high economic value, such as gold, platinum, palladium, or rhodium.
What is precious metal in Tamil?
Precious metal in Tamil is அரிய உலோகம். See Precious metal meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is precious metal?
Precious metal is a noun.
What is the plural of precious metal?
The plural of precious metal is precious metals.

Words near precious metal in the dictionary

  1. precious
  2. Precious Blood
  3. precious coral
  4. precious few
  5. precious little
  6. precious metal
  7. precious metals
  8. precious stone
  9. precious stones
  10. preciouses
  11. preciousest

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