METALLIC
Dictionary entry overview: What does metallic mean?
• METALLIC (noun)
The noun METALLIC has 2 senses:
1. a fabric made of a yarn that is partly or entirely of metal
2. a yarn made partly or entirely of metal
Familiarity information: METALLIC used as a noun is rare.
• METALLIC (adjective)
The adjective METALLIC has 1 sense:
1. containing or made of or resembling or characteristic of a metal
Familiarity information: METALLIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• METALLIC (noun)
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)
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)
• METALLIC (adjective)
Meaning:
Containing or made of or resembling or characteristic of a metal
Synonyms:
metal; metallic
Context examples:
a metallic compound / metallic luster / the strange metallic note of the meadow lark, suggesting the clash of vibrant blades
Similar:
silver (made from or largely consisting of silver)
metal-looking; metallic-looking; metallike (resembling metal)
gilded; gold; golden (made from or covered with gold)
bronze (made from or consisting of bronze)
bimetal; bimetallic (formed of two different metals or alloys; especially in sheets bonded together)
auriferous; gold-bearing (containing gold)
argentiferous (containing or yielding silver)
antimonial (containing antimony)
aluminiferous (containing alum or aluminum)
all-metal (consisting completely of metal)
tinny (thin and metallic in sound; lacking resonance)
Antonym:
nonmetallic (not containing or resembling or characteristic of a metal)
