Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun type_metal

1 sense of type metal

Sense 1
type metal -- (an alloy of tin and lead and antimony used to make printing type)
       => 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; "brass is an alloy of zinc and copper")