sheet metal

American  

noun

1. metal in sheets or thin plates.

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sheet metal British  

noun

1. metal in the form of a sheet, the thickness being intermediate between that of plate and that of foil

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Other Word Forms

• sheet-metal adjective

Etymology

Origin of sheet metal

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

"We're industrializing an easier way of forming sheet metal based on origami," says chief executive and co-founder, Jonas Nyvang.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

"We're living like that now, we're exactly like that", says housewife Lisandra outside her home in Havana, which is cobbled together with pieces of sheet metal and wood.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 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

Milt was a union sheet metal worker and Glee enjoyed playing piano and singing.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2025

Already, he had begun lining some of his grain bins with sheet metal.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien