TYPE METAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does type metal mean? 

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

1. an alloy of tin and lead and antimony used to make printing type

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TYPE METAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An alloy of tin and lead and antimony used to make printing type

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

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)