GUNMETAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gunmetal mean? 

• GUNMETAL (noun)
  The noun GUNMETAL has 1 sense:

1. a type of bronze used for parts subject to wear or corrosion (especially corrosion by sea water)

  Familiarity information: GUNMETAL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GUNMETAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A type of bronze used for parts subject to wear or corrosion (especially corrosion by sea water)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("gunmetal" is a kind of...):

bronze (an alloy of copper and tin and sometimes other elements; also any copper-base alloy containing other elements in place of tin)