ALKALINE METAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does alkaline metal mean? 

• ALKALINE METAL (noun)
  The noun ALKALINE METAL has 1 sense:

1. any of the monovalent metals of group I of the periodic table (lithium or sodium or potassium or rubidium or cesium or francium)

  Familiarity information: ALKALINE METAL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALKALINE METAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of the monovalent metals of group I of the periodic table (lithium or sodium or potassium or rubidium or cesium or francium)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

alkali metal; alkaline metal

Context example:

the hydroxides of the alkali metals are strongly alkaline

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

metal; metallic element (any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.)