Phrase guide

sheet metal

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet, used widely as construction material and raw material for a multitude of industrial products. It is thicker than foil and thinner than plate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

sheet of metal formed into a thin plate

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sheet, flat solid

Narrower terms: corrugated iron, flashing, foil, tin plate, tinplate

History

Etymology

From sheet + metal.

Across languages

Translations

51 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: blik — Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet
  • Bulgarian: ламарина (lamarina) — Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet
  • Bulgarian: тенекия (tenekija) — Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet
  • Catalan: xapa — Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet
  • Chinese: 板金 (zh-min-nan) — Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet
  • Chinese Mandarin: 板金 (bǎnjīn) — Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet
  • Czech: plech — Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet
  • Danish: blik — Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet
  • Dutch: blik — Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet
  • Esperanto: lado — Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet
  • Estonian: plekk — Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet
  • Finnish: pelti — Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet
  • Finnish: ohutlevy — Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet
  • French: tôle — Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet
  • German: Blech — Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet
  • Greek: λαμαρίνα (lamarína) — Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet
  • Hebrew: פָּח (paẖ) — Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet
  • Hindi: धातु चद्दर (dhātu caddar) — Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet
  • Hungarian: bádog — Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet
  • Ido: tolo — Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet
  • Ingrian: karta — Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet
  • Italian: lamiera — Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet
  • Japanese: 板金 (itagane) — Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet
  • Japanese: 板金 (bankin) — Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet
  • Kazakh: қаңылтыр (qañyltyr) — Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet
  • Korean: 판금 (pan'geum) — Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet
  • Latvian: skārds — Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet
  • Lithuanian: skarda — Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet
  • Luxembourgish: Blech — Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet
  • Macedonian: ламарина (lamarina) — Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet
  • Macedonian: лим (lim) — Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet
  • Malayalam: തകിട് (takiṭŭ) — Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet
  • Māori: piharoa — Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet
  • Norwegian Bokmål: blikk — Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: blekk — Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet
  • Polish: blacha — Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet
  • Portuguese: chapa de metal — Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet
  • Romanian: tablă — Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet
  • Russian: листово́й мета́лл (listovój metáll) — Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet
  • Samogitian: blieka — Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet
  • Serbo-Croatian: ли̏м — Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet
  • Serbo-Croatian: плочевина — Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet
  • Serbo-Croatian: lȉm — Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet
  • Serbo-Croatian: pločevina — Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet
  • Sikkimese: ལྕགས་ཤོག (lcags shog) — Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet
  • Slovak: plech — Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet
  • Slovene: pločevina — Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet
  • Spanish: hojalata — Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet
  • Swedish: plåt — Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet
  • Turkish: sac — Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet
  • West Flemish: blek — Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet