Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun alkaline-earth_metal

1 sense of alkaline-earth metal

Sense 1
alkaline earth, alkaline-earth metal -- (any of the bivalent metals of group II of the periodic table (calcium or strontium or barium or magnesium or beryllium))
       => metallic element, metal -- (any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc.)