BEARING METAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bearing metal mean? 

• BEARING METAL (noun)
  The noun BEARING METAL has 1 sense:

1. an alloy (often of lead or tin base) used for bearings

  Familiarity information: BEARING METAL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BEARING METAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An alloy (often of lead or tin base) used for bearings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

bearing metal; white metal

Hypernyms ("bearing metal" is a kind of...):

alloy; metal (a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten)