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precious metals

precious metals is the plural of precious metal.

Meaning of precious metal

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

Questions about precious metals

What is precious metals the plural of?
Precious metals is the plural of precious metal.

Words near precious metals in the dictionary

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

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