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Used with verbs:
"
The welder melted the metal into shapes."
(melted, melted down, welded)
"
The gate is made of metal."
(be + made of, be +made out of, be + made from)
Used with nouns:
"
We're using a metal pipe."
(pipe, bar, plate, pole, rod, sheet, tube)
"
The material is a metal alloy."
(alloy)
"
I find coins with a metal detector."
(detector)
"
We found a metal object in the sand."
(object, box)
"
They installed a metal door."
(door, fence, gate, railing, roof)
Used with adjectives:
"
He collects precious metals."
(precious)
"
The roof is made of corrugated metal."
(corrugated, sheet, dull)
"
This gate is solid metal."
(solid, pure)
"
I was distracted by the shiny metal."
(shiny, polished, shining, silver, gleaming)
"
He sculpted something out of soft metal."
(soft, scrap, liquid, galvanized, rusty)
