PRECIOUS METAL

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Any of the less common and valuable metals often used to make coins or jewelry

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("precious metal" is a kind of...):

valuable (something of value)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "precious metal"):

bullion (a mass of precious metal)

gold (coins made of gold)

silver (coins made of silver)