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sheet metal en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From sheet + metal.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet, used widely as construction material and raw material for a multitude of industrial products. It is thicker than foil and thinner than plate.
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Forms

Translations (51)

io tolo (Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet) · eo lado (Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet) · nan-hbl 板金 (Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet) · kk қаңылтыр (Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet) · pl blacha (Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet) · sv plåt (Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet) · nb blikk (Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet) · hu bádog (Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet) · ru листово́й мета́лл (Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet) · vls blek (Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet) · af blik (Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet) · fi pelti (Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet) · de Blech (Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet) · it lamiera (Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet) · mk лим (Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet) · nn blekk (Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet) · ja 板金 (Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet) · sh lȉm (Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet) · sgs blieka (Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet) · sh ли̏м (Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet) · ro tablă (Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet) · ja 板金 (Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet) · lt skarda (Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet) · lb Blech (Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet) · sip ལྕགས་ཤོག (Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet) · bg ламарина (Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet) · da blik (Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet) · ca xapa (Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet) · et plekk (Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet) · nl blik (Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet) · pt chapa de metal (Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet) · ko 판금 (Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet) · fr tôle (Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet) · mk ламарина (Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet) · fi ohutlevy (Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet) · cmn 板金 (Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet) · sh pločevina (Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet) · he פָּח (Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet) · hi धातु चद्दर (Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet) · ml തകിട് (Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet) · bg тенекия (Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet) · sk plech (Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet) · izh karta (Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet) · sh плочевина (Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet) · tr sac (Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet) · es hojalata (Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet) · lv skārds (Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet) · mi piharoa (Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet) · sl pločevina (Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet) · cs plech (Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet) · el λαμαρίνα (Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet)