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View definitions for metallic

metallic

adjective as in made of metal

adjective as in suggestive of metal in sound

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"Officials tell us not to touch any metallic substance on the road."

From BBC

The lively canvas, hardly an illustration of an event, employs light-reflective silver and golden-brown metallic paints applied in vast fields of paisley-like commas that dematerialize into a spatially ambiguous surface shimmer.

The Recco radar, which can detect metallic objects buried in the snow at depths of about 20m, identified debris from the aircraft in the area.

From BBC

The futuristic, metallic silver vehicles lacked steering wheels, pedals and rearview mirrors.

Atlas is next to Jordan High School, where students and staff have long complained that school grounds have been coated in metallic dust and pelted with metal shrapnel.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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