white metal

English · Thesaurus

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

white metal

noun white metals

  1. countable, uncountable Any tin- or lead-based alloy (commonly used to make bearings, jewellery, toy soldiers, fusible plugs, some medals and metal type).
  2. UK, countable, uncountable Silver that cannot be labeled as silver in the UK because it does not bear an Assay Office hallmark.
  3. countable, uncountable Any silvery or whitish metal or alloy.
  4. countable, uncountable Christian-themed heavy metal, as distinguished from black metal.

Opposite: black metal

Thesaurus

noun

Opposite: black metal

Translations

Every language

noun white metal

Portuguêsmetal patente
DeutschWeißmetall

Talk about this word

Cite this
MLA

"white metal." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/white%20metal. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

white metal. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/white%20metal

Chicago

"white metal." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/white%20metal.

BibTeX
@misc{white_metal_2026,
  title = {white metal},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/white%20metal},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}