Definitions for metallic

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metallic me·tal·lic

Spelling: [muh-tal-ik]

IPA: /məˈtæl ɪk/

Metallic is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 295 anagrams from letters in metallic (aceillmt).

Definitions for metallic

noun

1. Textiles. a yarn or fiber made partly or entirely of metal and having a metallic appearance. a fabric made of such a yarn or fiber.

adjective

1. of, relating to, or consisting of metal.
2. of the nature of or suggesting metal, as in luster, resonance, or hardness:
3. Chemistry. (of a metal element) being in the free or uncombined state: containing or yielding metal.

Origin of metallic

1560-70; Latin metallicus Greek metallikós of, for mines. See metal, -ic

Examples for metallic

None of them are muddy, or metallic, or dingy, as are too many blues and lavenders.

Or what about if it had a metallic sheen and a whimsical sense of humor?

There was a metallic ring in Crane's voice that affected her disagreeably.

The metallic noise of the gulls grew so loud as to blanket all else.

With Perl in particular, a former makeup artist, there is a sultriness to her metallic eye shadow and her painted lips.

Her very first sculpture, a metallic chrome unicorn aptly titled “Space Oracle,” sits on a pedestal directly in front.

The blast was a stupefying white flash followed by a body-shaking howl, and it was the cue for a maelstrom of metallic shrieks.

Iconic looks include the metallic and asymmetrical bodysuits from the Aladdin Sane tour, the ice-blue suit from the Life on Mars?

There was a sound of metallic clicking and a thin rattle of steel.

"Not all skill—not all skill," piped the metallic voice, indistinctly.