# metals

Pronunciation: say "MET-uhlz" /ˈmɛ.təlz/

## Noun

1. Plural of metal. — plural of metal
   - Simple: Plural of metal. Use this form when you mean more than one metal.
   - _Heavy metals can build up in river mud over many years._
   - _Engineers test which metals best resist corrosion before choosing one._
2. The running rails, or the rail network, owned by a particular railway company or organization.
   - Simple: The train tracks that belong to a railway company, or the company's whole rail network.
   - _Signalmen warned that a fallen branch had blocked the metals near the junction._
   - _The company laid new metals along the entire branch line that summer._

## Verb

3. Third-person singular simple present indicative of metal. Mainly British. — third-person singular simple present indicative of metal
   - Simple: The form of metal used with he, she, it, or a singular noun. This use is mainly British.
   - _The county metals its rural roads with layers of broken stone before winter._
   - _Whenever the surface wears through, the foreman metals the embankment road again._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/metals (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).