{
    "term": "metal",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a type of solid mineral substance that is usually hard and shiny and that heat and electricity can travel through, for example tin, iron and gold",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a piece/sheet of metal"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a metal pipe/bar/box/plate"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a heap of scrap metal"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a roof of sheet metal"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The frame is made of metal."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Sheet metal was chosen for the exterior walls and roof."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Factory waste containing heavy metals could cause pollution."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The bomb left a pile of jagged glass and twisted metal."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a sculptor who works in metal"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the sound of metal clanging against metal"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the sudden pressure of cold metal against her cheek"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company makes equipment to recycle scrap metal."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Twisted hunks of metal were falling off the facade."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Physics and chemistry"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["soft", "pure", "ferrous"],
                "… of metal": ["chunk", "hunk", "lump"],
                "verb + metal": ["be cast in", "be made from/​of/​out of", "melt"],
                "metal + verb": ["contract", "expand", "rust"],
                "metal + noun": ["alloy", "hydride", "oxide"],
                "preposition": ["in metal"],
                "phrases": ["the clang of metal", "the clash of metal"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "(to go) at full speed; (to drive) with the accelerator of the car pressed to the floor",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We drove through the night flat-out, with the pedal to the metal."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to use as much effort as possible; with as much effort as possible",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I'm still putting the pedal to the metal here at work."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmetl/",
                "audio": "me/metal/metal__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmetl/",
                "audio": "me/metal/metal__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French metal or Latin metallum, from Greek metallon ‘mine, quarry, or metal’."
}