hot metal

noun

: composition in which the type is cast from molten metal

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Inside your air fryer, a large fan sits above a hot metal coil, blowing air upwards and around the machine. — Maxwell Zeff / Gizmodo, Quartz, 1 Apr. 2024 In one shot, Gambit jumps into a hero pose and presses a button that extends and becomes very hot metal. — Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 9 Aug. 2024 Caceres said the agents placed a hot metal object on her chest that left a bruise and the agents carried her by her wrists and ankles down the hallway, the declaration said. — Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2026 Accounts of his medieval torture methods — branding people with hot metal rods, burying them alive or keeping them chained in underground dungeons — still haunt the residents of Kunduz. — Azam Ahmed, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for hot metal

Word History

First Known Use

1958, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of hot metal was in 1958

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“Hot metal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hot%20metal. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

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