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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a fabric made of a yarn that is partly or entirely of metal;

2. a yarn made partly or entirely of metal;


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. containing or made of or resembling or characteristic of a metal;
- Example: "a metallic compound"
- Example: "metallic luster"
- Example: "the strange metallic note of the meadow lark, suggesting the clash of vibrant blades"- Ambrose Bierce
[syn: metallic, metal(a)]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Metallic \Me*tal"lic\, a. [L. metallicus, fr. metallum: cf. F. m['e]tallique. See Metal.] 1. Of or pertaining to a metal; of the nature of metal; resembling metal; as, a metallic appearance; a metallic alloy. [1913 Webster] 2. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or characterized by, the essential and implied properties of a metal, as contrasted with a nonmetal or metalloid; conductive of electricity; basic; forming positive ions in solution; antacid. [1913 Webster +PJC] Metallic iron, iron in the state of the metal, as distinquished from its ores, as magnetic iron. Metallic paper, paper covered with a thin solution of lime, whiting, and size. When written upon with a pewter or brass pencil, the lines can hardly be effaced. Metallic tinking (Med.), a sound heard in the chest, when a cavity communicating with the air passages contains both air and liquid. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

metallic adj 1: containing or made of or resembling or characteristic of a metal; "a metallic compound"; "metallic luster"; "the strange metallic note of the meadow lark, suggesting the clash of vibrant blades"- Ambrose Bierce [syn: metallic, metal(a)] [ant: nonmetal, nonmetallic] n 1: a fabric made of a yarn that is partly or entirely of metal 2: a yarn made partly or entirely of metal
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

32 Moby Thesaurus words for "metallic": brassy, brazen, choked, coarse, cracked, croaking, croaky, dry, gruff, guttural, harsh, harsh-sounding, hoarse, husky, metal, metallike, metalline, metalloid, organometallic, ragged, raucid, raucous, rough, roupy, rude, squawking, squawky, stertorous, strangled, thick, throaty, tinny