sheet metal
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of sheet metal
First recorded in 1905–10
Example Sentences
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Blue-collar workers globally have reckoned with growing levels of automation, from mechanized arms welding sheet metal to mixing paint.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Newman: The State Building and Construction Trades Council of California and a long roster of various trades locals representing such crafts as sheet metal and air conditioning, plumbers and electrical workers.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
Their doors opened and out came customers and contractors, who went into the store and returned with plywood and sheet metal and seasonal plants.
From Slate ● Jan. 27, 2026
When he was 17, Iommi was working in a sheet metal factory when he lost the tips of his two middle fingers in an industrial accident.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2025
Seven thousand three hundred tons of sheet metal were being welded together.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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