metallic | meaning of metallic in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English | LDOCE

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishColours & sounds, Industrymetallicme‧tal‧lic /məˈtælɪk/ adjective    1 Ca metallic noise sounds like pieces of metal hitting each other  The key turned in the lock with a loud metallic click.  The pans made a metallic clatter as they crashed to the floor.2 a metallic voice is rough, hard, and unpleasant  He spoke in a thin, metallic voice.3 a metallic colour shines like metal  He drives a metallic red van.4 a metallic taste is bitter and unpleasant, like metal  The gum left a horrible metallic taste in my mouth.5 TImade of metal or containing metal  metallic particlesExamples from the Corpusmetallic• a metallic blue jacket• The theoretical upper temperature for this to happen with metallic compounds is about 40K.• Something hard and metallic, concealed in the shadows, sliced into his leg.• This involved heating zinc ore and charcoal with metallic copper in a closed vessel to about 1000°C.• Earth has an actively convecting dense metallic core that produces and sustains a strong magnetic field.• a metallic, female voice• It had a rusty, metallic flavor, like nails on his tongue.• The eyes of the Scribbled Anthias have a mysterious metallic green lens.• There was a metallic grey VW Golf parked outside cabin fifteen.• The result is a fine-grained rock containing small traces of metallic iron.• metallic minerals• I loved the metallic smell of solder as it dripped in small puddles, hardening on the workbench before me.