sheet metal
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of sheet metal
First recorded in 1905–10
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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
A sheet metal worker before joining the band full-time, Oakes played his final gig with Showaddywaddy in 2008.
From BBC ● Mar. 30, 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
Representatives from the local branch of the sheet metal workers union carried a carefully crafted, welded brown California bear in the back of their truck.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 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
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
