white metal
English
Noun
white metal (countable and uncountable, plural white metals)
- Any tin- or lead-based alloy.
- (UK, auctions) Silver that cannot be labeled as silver in the UK because it does not bear an Assay Office mark.
- Any silvery or whitish metal or alloy.
- (music) Christian-themed heavy metal, as distinguished from black metal.
Antonyms
- (music genre): black metal
Hyponyms
- (tin- or lead- based alloy): pewter, Babbitt metal, Britannia metal