metallic

3 definitions • 5 examples

A metallic sound, appearance, or taste is like metal:

a dull, metallic sound

Beer from a can often has a metallic taste.

Our new car is metallic blue.

consisting of, or partly consisting of, metal:

Brass is a metallic alloy of copper and zinc.

made of or similar to metal, or showing a quality of metal:

a loud metallic sound