Iron, gold, silver

noun

1. Any of various opaque, fusible, ductile, and typically lustrous substances that are good conductors of electricity and heat, form cations by loss of electrons, and yield basic oxides and hydroxides
2. Mettle
3. The substance out of which a person or thing is made
4. Glass in its molten state
5. Printing type metal
6. Matter set in metal type
7. Road metal
8. Heavy metal

verb

1. To cover or furnish with metal

noun

1. A security device that scans individuals for dangerous objects (such as weapons)

   "I boarded the plane armed with several frying thermometers, which set off the metal detector …"

2. A handheld apparatus that uses electrical induction see induction to detect the presence of metallic objects (such as coins or jewelry) buried a short distance underground

   "A local man using a metal detector stumbled upon the site last March. He found two copper brooches, or pins, measuring four inches across."

noun

1. Any of the monovalent mostly basic metals of group I of the periodic table comprising lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, cesium, and francium see Periodic Table

noun

1. Any of the divalent strongly basic metals of group II of the periodic table comprising beryllium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium, and radium
2. any of the divalent strongly basic metals of group II of the periodic table comprising beryllium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium, and radium —called also alkaline earth

noun

1. Bronze that consists usually of three to four parts of copper to one of tin and that is used for making bells

noun

1. A silver-white alloy largely of tin, antimony, and copper that is similar to pewter

noun

1. A type of heavy metal music that is characterized by the use of dark, violent, or gory imagery

noun

1. Sheet metal cut and expanded into a lattice and used especially as lath

noun

1. A metal of high specific gravity
2. Energetic and highly amplified electronic rock music having a hard beat

   "Borrowing elements of everything from grunge to progressive rock, from gospel to heavy metal …"