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METALLIC
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A yarn made partly or entirely of metal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("metallic" is a kind of...):
thread; yarn (a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A fabric made of a yarn that is partly or entirely of metal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("metallic" is a kind of...):
cloth; fabric; material; textile (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Containing or made of or resembling or characteristic of a metal
Example:
the strange metallic note of the meadow lark, suggesting the clash of vibrant blades
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
all-metal (consisting completely of metal)
aluminiferous (containing alum or aluminum)
antimonial (containing antimony)
argentiferous (containing or yielding silver)
auriferous; gold-bearing (containing gold)
bimetal; bimetallic (formed of two different metals or alloys; especially in sheets bonded together)
bronze (made from or consisting of bronze)
gilded; gold; golden (made from or covered with gold)
metal-looking; metallic-looking; metallike (resembling metal)
silver (made from or largely consisting of silver)
tinny (thin and metallic in sound; lacking resonance)
Antonym:
nonmetallic (not containing or resembling or characteristic of a metal)
Derivation:
metal (a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten)
metal (any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.)
Context examples:
A hot, metallic, Earth-sized planet with a density similar to Mercury – situated 339 million light-years away — has been detected and characterised by a global team of astronomers.
(Mercury Not as Rare as Previously Thought, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
DTPA may chelate metallic moieties of unbound, extracellular radioimmunotherapeutics, thereby aggregating radioimmunotherapeutics locally to higher concentrations, and improving tumor cell radiocytotoxicity, while sparing normal tissues from the radiocytotoxic effects.
(Pentetic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)
One metallic element — chemically reduced iron, which in small amounts is required by a bacterial cell for nutrition — tricks the cell into opening its wall.
(Scientists discover how blue and green clays kill bacteria, NSF)
The sound of it was metallic.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
“One moment,” said Holmes, “are you sure about this whistle and metallic sound? Could you swear to it?”
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
His grey eyes seemed metallic and steel-like as they flashed upon the crowd.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
Magnetic fields form on Earth and other planets that have liquid, metallic cores, rotate rapidly, and experience conditions that make the convection of heat possible.
(Earth's mantle, not its core, may have generated planet's early magnetic field, National Science Foundation)
A metallic element that is found combined with other elements in the earth’s crust.
(Aluminum, NCI Dictionary)
Some cancer treatments may change the sense of taste and cause foods to have a metallic taste.
(Metallic, NCI Dictionary)
Somewhere high overhead, probably on the tower, I heard the voice of the Count calling in his harsh, metallic whisper.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
