## Meanings
1. A hard, usually shiny material such as iron, gold, or copper that conducts heat and electricity.
2. Made of or containing metal.
3. A loud, heavy style of rock music with strong drums and distorted guitars.

## Examples
- The bridge is made of steel and other strong metals.
- She drank from a metal cup.
- He loves going to metal concerts.

## Antonyms
- nonmetal

## Derived Forms
- alkylmetal
- allylmetal
- alt-metal
- arylmetal
- avant-metal
- biometal
- bush-metal
- cermet
- cyclometalate
- dimetal
- euro-metal
- ferrometal

## Related Forms
- metalling

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: metal
- Root: metallum
- Root: μέταλλον

## Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek μέτᾰλλον (métăllon)der. Latin metallum Old French metalbor. Middle English metal English metal From Middle English metal, a borrowing from Old French metal, from Latin metallum (“metal, mine, quarry, mineral”), itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek μέταλλον (métallon, “mine, quarry, metal”).

## AI Etymology
Metal comes from Middle English metal, a borrowing from Old French metal, from Latin metallum (“metal, mine, quarry, mineral”), itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek μέταλλον (métallon, “mine, quarry, metal”). In present-day English its meanings include a hard, usually shiny material such as iron, gold, or copper that conducts heat and electricity, made of or containing metal, and a loud, heavy style of rock music with strong drums and distorted guitars. The historical chain runs through metal (Middle English), metal (Old French), metallum (Latin), and μέταλλον (Ancient Greek). Related and derived forms include metalling, alkylmetal, allylmetal, and alt-metal.

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