sheet metal

noun

: metal in the form of a sheet

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The team used sheet metal welding to achieve the most basic functional design for a bipedal robot. Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2025 Once the fix is available, owners can take their vehicles for free to a Ford or Lincoln dealer, where staff will install a protective shield between the side curtain air bag and the inner sheet metal for the right and left side air curtains. Saleen Martin, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025 Key Background Abrego Garcia was a sheet metal apprentice living in a Maryland suburb. Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025 Because the Sunbeam Alpine and Tiger are essentially identical, save for their engines and some unibody sheet metal beneath the exterior body panels, there exist many misbegotten conversions as well as some quite deceptive clones. Robert Ross, Robb Report, 22 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sheet metal

Word History

First Known Use

1852, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of sheet metal was in 1852

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“Sheet metal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sheet%20metal. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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sheet metal

noun
: metal in the form of a sheet
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