precious metal
noun
a metal of the gold, silver, or platinum group.
Words nearby precious metal
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Here then in Franklin county it is recorded that the last horse belonging to Coronado and his band of precious-metal hunters died.
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British Dictionary definitions for precious metal
precious metal
noun
any of the metals gold, silver, or platinum
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