sheet metal

noun

: metal in the form of a sheet

Examples of sheet metal in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In addition to paint shop and vehicle assembly equipment, installation is also underway for nearly 4,000 tons of stamping equipment that will produce the sheet metal stampings for Ford’s next electric truck. Detroit Free Press, 4 Apr. 2024 The restaurant building at the end of the pier is now home to Broad Street Oyster Company, and the roof is now made of sheet metal. Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 22 Feb. 2024 That wreck ruined acres of sheet metal, as 23 cars were at least somewhat involved (more than half of the cars in the field of 40). Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 20 Feb. 2024 Two lions Holly transported from Miami to Spring Hill, Fla., had no origination paperwork, USDA inspectors said, and one of the lions had been sliced by torn sheet metal during the drive, its enclosure found bloody. Maura Judkis, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2023 In addition, the nearby Palomar Medical Center has a central plant that includes diesel engine generators and north of Seguro sits a sheet metal fabrication plant. Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2024 Tejano music filled the room where, propped against the front of her table, stood a conspicuous object: A 4-foot sheet metal cross, gifted by a stranger in the days after Lopez-Galvan, at 43, was killed at Union Station in a spray of bullets at the Chiefs’ Super Bowl rally on Valentine’s Day. Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 29 Mar. 2024 The family resettled just over a mile away, in a makeshift structure of cinder block, concrete and sheet metal at the end of a winding dirt road. Sufian Taha, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024 More notable damage was observed into Greene County, specifically at the base where a hangar had sheet metal ripped off. Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 29 Feb. 2024

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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 23 Apr. 2024.

Kids Definition

sheet metal

noun
: metal in the form of a sheet
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