METALLIC

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 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)

Sense 1

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)

Sense 2

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)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Containing or made of or resembling or characteristic of a metal

Synonyms:

metal; metallic

Context example:

the strange metallic note of the meadow lark, suggesting the clash of vibrant blades

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 

It’s often performed by manipulating thin metallic needles inserted through the skin.

(Electroacupuncture Reduces Sepsis in Mice, NIH)

Metallic mercury is used in glass thermometers, silver dental fillings, and button batteries.

(Mercury, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry)

A radioactive form of palladium (a metallic element that resembles platinum).

(Palladium Pd-103, NCI Dictionary)

It was like the slot machines wherein one dropped pennies, and, with a metallic whirl of machinery had delivered to him a stick of chewing-gum or a tablet of chocolate.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Then it grew louder, and suddenly there came from the window a sharp metallic snick.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Such elements are normally captured in the metallic cores of rocky worlds, and their existence hinted that Mars had been pelted by asteroids throughout its early history.

(Ancient Asteroid Impact Explains Martian Geological Mysteries, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The potential developed by a metallic electrode when placed in a solution containing a species in two different oxidation states.

(Oxidation-Reduction Potential, NCI Thesaurus)

An inorganic or organic substance that contains the metallic element lead either in its positive-2 or 4 valence state.

(Lead compound, NCI Thesaurus)

A metallic element that occurs naturally in tiny amounts in air, water, soil, and food.

(Cadmium, NCI Dictionary)

A nanoparticle composed of a metallic shell surrounding a semiconductor.

(Nanoshell, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)