different between metals vs petals

English

Pronunciation

• Homophone: meddles

Noun

metals

1. plural of metal

Noun

metals pl (plural only)

1. (rail transport) the rail tracks owned by a company or organisation; a rail network
   • 1901, Kipling, Kim, ch. 8

     Now and again a night train roared along the metals within twenty feet of him; but he had all the Oriental’s indifference to mere noise, and it did not even weave a dream through his slumber.

   • 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 7

     They stood on the foot-bridge over Boathouse Station and looked at the metals gleaming coldly.

Translations

Verb

metals

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of metal

References

• “metal”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Anagrams

• lamest, malest, samlet

Danish

Noun

metals n

1. indefinite genitive singular of metal

Occitan

Noun

metals

1. plural of metal

English

Noun

petals

1. plural of petal

Verb

petals

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of petal

Anagrams

• Patels, leptas, palest, palets, pastel, peltas, plates, pleats, septal, staple, tepals