precious metal

American  

noun

precious metals plural

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

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precious metal British  

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• precious metals
  plural

Example Sentences

Now, the precious metal has reached “death cross” territory.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 30, 2026

The precious metal has also performed poorly amid the U.S.-Iran conflict, he says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 29, 2026

Guinea has banned the export of unrefined gold in an effort to promote domestic processing of the precious metal.

From BBC • Jun. 22, 2026

But that doesn’t appear to have fazed confidence in the precious metal.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 16, 2026

Groves kept his promise: the precious metal was all returned to the Treasury, though the last of it was not transferred until 1968.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik