sheet metal

noun

: metal in the form of a sheet

Examples of sheet metal in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web While Abeyta knew Ibarra — a machinist and sheet metal worker — neither he nor anyone else was identified as a suspect during the initial investigation. Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 20 Sep. 2024 Flores told me all of this while sitting next to me in a lawn chair inside a sheet metal building behind his parents’ house just outside of Stillwater, Oklahoma, in June. Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2024 The body of the grill should also be made from heavy gauge sheet metal, which will stabilize the grill while preventing it from warping over time. Tony Carrick, Saveur, 6 Aug. 2024 Warped sheet metal, pieces of lumber and other debris were strewn across farms and roads. Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 9 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for sheet metal 

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Word History

First Known Use

1852, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 10 Oct. 2024.

Kids Definition

sheet metal

noun
: metal in the form of a sheet
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