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TYPE METAL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An alloy of tin and lead and antimony used to make printing type
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("type metal" is a kind of...):
alloy; metal (a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "type metal"):
slug; type slug (a strip of type metal used for spacing)
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