precious metal

American  

noun

• precious metals
  plural

1. a metal of the gold, silver, or platinum group.

---

precious metal British  

noun

1. any of the metals gold, silver, or platinum

---

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• precious metals
  plural

---

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

precious metal

However, the interest rate backdrop remains challenging and leaves the precious metal vulnerable to renewed selling pressure, the regional director says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

The precious metal Gold has tumbled as the dollar has rallied and bond yields have climbed.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

Women are recruited to wash away the mud to reveal the nuggets of the precious metal, conceded Jacqueline Djangone, the head of the village women's association.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

In New York, the precious metal falls 0.5% to $4,365.50 a troy ounce.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

I vowed to extract the last gram of precious metal even if it meant I had to crush the hills with my own hands and grind the rocks with my feet.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende

Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

---