precious metal
noun
a metal of the gold, silver, or platinum group.
precious metals
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pluralof precious metal.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Fed rate hike to temper inflation, driving down the price precious metals while the price of crude rises.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Other precious metals followed suit, with silver futures dropping 4.7% to $61.78 an ounce and platinum down 2.6% to $1,731 an ounce.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
Like the others who had been detained, the young man, in his 20s, is an artisanal miner, eking out a living searching for precious metals at mine sites.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
That’s the idea that investors will shift out of currencies and into precious metals or bitcoin as governments’ spending and debt keep rising.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
There are no Alpine peaks or grinding glaciers, no great deposits of oil or precious metals, not a hint of a pyroclastic flow.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
