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heavy metal

noun

  1. any metal with a specific gravity of 5.0 or greater, especially one that is toxic to organisms, as lead, mercury, copper, and cadmium.
  2. aggressive and heavily amplified rock music, commonly performed by groups that wear spectacular or bizarre costumes.


heavy metal

noun

    1. a type of rock music characterized by a strong beat and amplified instrumental effects, sometimes with violent, or nihilistic lyrics
    2. ( as modifier )

      a heavy-metal band

  1. a metal with a high specific gravity
  2. military large guns or shot
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of heavy metal1

1860–65, for literal sense
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Example Sentences

A 2010 Consumer Reports investigation found heavy metals in many samples they tested, some in high enough concentrations that people consuming the powder on a regular basis should be concerned.

The Jaybird Vista 2 earbuds continued to positively color my listening sessions over the course of my week-long trial, whether playing heavy metal or NPR.

Kim Kelly, a labor journalist, organizer, and Daily Beast contributor who is also the former heavy metal editor for Vice, said the patch was unequivocally the Anthrax logo.

After it was removed, the brain sample was quickly preserved and stained with heavy metals that revealed cellular structures.

The offsets, by definition, allow California companies to continue producing more CO2 than otherwise allowed—as well as the toxic pollutants like soot and heavy metals that frequently accompany such emissions—often near poor neighborhoods.

In previous decades, hip-hop was something typically preached against, much like rock & roll and heavy metal before it.

And the guy who once thought heavy metal was just “what white kids in the suburbs listen to”?

Disco was dead and heavy metal was born—and so was Taylor Swift.

Stacked next to his Catalogue of Expert Witnesses are heaps of anti-heavy-metal pamphlets.

He gave it 'careful consideration' but heavy metal fan Prince Harry has turned down an offer to present a trophy at the Kerrang!

And gazed down at the long bright scratch in the heavy metal that covered his shoulder joint.

The great hydroelectric dams, the hundreds of steam turbines, the heavy-metal atomic reactors—all useless for power purposes.

The pigment on the dots of five sides of each die was some heavy metal compound, probably lead.

Near Phillips was a plate some feet square, of heavy metal, raised from the floor on poles of a different substance.

Walls of a rich green surmounted the oak dado; a heavy metal chandelier hung by a chain from a ceiling divided by imitation beams.

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