Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sheet metal

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.26 in modern English

Syllables: sheet met-al
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet, used widely as construction material and raw material for a multitude of industrial products. It is thicker than foil and thinner than plate.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a sheet metal worker and father of three, was deported last month after the Trump administration admitted to an “administrative error.”"

Etymology

From sheet + metal.

Usage

Inflected Forms

sheet metals (plural) sheet-metal (alternative)

Questions

What does sheet metal mean?: Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet, used widely as construction material and raw material for a multitude of industrial products. It is thicker than foil and thinner than plate.
Where does sheet metal come from?: From sheet + metal.

How to pronounce sheet metal

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