metalled C2 Topic:Materials & Substances Freq #385154 Meanings 1 adj (Of a road) surfaced with crushed stone or gravel. They drove slowly along the narrow metalled road that wound through the hills. 2 adj Made of metal, or fitted with metal parts. The old chest had a heavy metalled lid that was hard to lift. 3 verb Past tense and past participle of metal (to surface a road with stone). The council metalled the lane last summer to stop it turning to mud. Thesaurus ↔ Opposites unmetalled Word family Related forms whitemetalled Topics Materials & Substances Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # metalled **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** adj, verb **Frequency rank:** 385154 ## Meanings 1. (Of a road) surfaced with crushed stone or gravel. 2. Made of metal, or fitted with metal parts. 3. Past tense and past participle of metal (to surface a road with stone). ## Examples - They drove slowly along the narrow metalled road that wound through the hills. - The old chest had a heavy metalled lid that was hard to lift. - The council metalled the lane last summer to stop it turning to mud. ## Antonyms - unmetalled ## Related Forms - whitemetalled ## Topics - Materials & Substances - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown