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sheet metal

sheet metal noun: metal worked into a thin, flat sheet, used widely as construction material and raw material for a multitude of industrial products. It is thicker than foil and thinner than plate.

Noun

sheet metal (countable and uncountable, plural sheet metals)

  1. Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet, used widely as construction material and raw material for a multitude of industrial products. It is thicker than foil and thinner than plate.
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sheet metal meaning in Hindi, Tamil and Malayalam

sheet metal in Hindi

Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet
धातु चद्दर dhātu caddar

sheet metal in Tamil

தகட்டுலோகம்

sheet metal in Malayalam

Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet
തകിട് takiṭŭ

Forms of sheet metal

pluralsheet metals
alternative formsheet-metal

Origin of sheet metal

From sheet + metal.

Questions about sheet metal

What does sheet metal mean?
Sheet metal means metal worked into a thin, flat sheet, used widely as construction material and raw material for a multitude of industrial products. It is thicker than foil and thinner than plate.
What is sheet metal in Hindi?
Sheet metal in Hindi is धातु चद्दर (dhātu caddar). See Sheet metal meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is sheet metal?
Sheet metal is a noun.
What is the plural of sheet metal?
The plural of sheet metal is sheet metals.

Words near sheet metal in the dictionary

  1. sheet iron
  2. sheet lightning
  3. sheet lightnings
  4. sheet mask
  5. sheet masks
  6. sheet metal
  7. sheet metals
  8. sheet music
  9. sheet of paper
  10. sheet pan
  11. sheet pans

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sheet metal (page history and authors); sheet 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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