base metal

base met·al

B b

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [beys met-l]
- /beɪs ˈmɛt l/
- /beɪs ˈmetl/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [beys met-l]
- /beɪs ˈmɛt l/

Definitions of base metal words

variable noun base metal A base metal is a metal such as copper, zinc, tin, or lead that is not a precious metal. 3
noun base metal any of certain common metals such as copper, lead, zinc, and tin, as distinct from the precious metals, gold, silver, and platinum 3
noun base metal any metal other than a precious or noble metal, as copper, lead, zinc, or tin. Compare noble metal, precious metal. 1
noun base metal the principal metal of an alloy. 1
noun base metal the principal metal of a piece underlying a coating of another metal; core. 1
noun base metal non-precious metal 1

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base metal popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 44% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

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Synonyms for base metal

noun base metal

noble metal — any of a number of metals, as gold, silver, mercury, or platinum, that resist oxidation when heated in air, and solution by inorganic acids.
oxide — a compound in which oxygen is bonded to one or more electropositive atoms.
precious metal — a metal of the gold, silver, or platinum group.
rare earth — the oxide of any of the rare-earth elements contained in various minerals.
rare-earth metal — any of a group of closely related metallic elements, comprising the lanthanides, scandium, and yttrium, that are chemically similar by virtue of having the same number of valence electrons.

All 5 Synonyms of base metal