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precious metal

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.21 in modern English

Syllables
pre-cious met-al
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A rare metallic chemical element of high economic value, such as gold, platinum, palladium, or rhodium.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

precious metals (plural)

Phrases

noble metal

Frequently Paired Words

noble metal

Questions

What does precious metal mean?
A rare metallic chemical element of high economic value, such as gold, platinum, palladium, or rhodium.

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