BASE METAL


Meaning of BASE METAL in English

1. any metal other than a precious or noble metal, as copper, lead, zinc, or tin. Cf. noble metal, precious metal .

2. the principal metal of an alloy.

3. the principal metal of a piece underlying a coating of another metal; core.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .