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ROAD METAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does road metal mean?
• ROAD METAL (noun)
The noun ROAD METAL has 1 sense:
1. broken rock used for repairing or making roads
Familiarity information: ROAD METAL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Broken rock used for repairing or making roads
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("road metal" is a kind of...):
rock; stone (material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust)
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