metallic

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. adj. Of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a metal.
2. adj. Containing a metal: a metallic compound.
3. adj. Having a quality suggesting or associated with metal, especially:
4. adj. Lustrous; sparkling: metallic colors.
5. adj. Sharp-tasting: an unpleasant, metallic flavor.
6. adj. Harshly resonant: "the strange metallic note of the meadow lark, suggesting the clash of vibrant blades” ( Ambrose Bierce).
7. n. A yarn or fiber made of or containing metal.
8. n. A fabric, typically shiny or iridescent, made of such yarn or fiber.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. Consisting of or having the characters of a metal; made up of metal or of an alloy. This word is used to indicate the condition of a metal (see metal) in which it exists by itself, and not mineralized or combined with those substances which take away its metallic character and convert it into an ore, in which the elementary substance exists, but often with characters greatly differing from those which it has when separated from its mineralizers, or reduced to the metallic form.
2. Characteristic of a metal: as, a metallic luster.
3. Having one or more properties resembling those of metals: as, a metallic voice.

Wiktionary

1. adj. Made of, appearing to be made of, resembling, or related to metal.
2. n. A metallic color

GNU Webster's 1913

1. adj. Of or pertaining to a metal; of the nature of metal; resembling metal
2. adj. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or characterized by, the essential and implied properties of a metal, as contrasted with a nonmetal or metalloid; conductive of electricity; basic; forming positive ions in solution; antacid.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. a fabric made of a yarn that is partly or entirely of metal
2. adj. containing or made of or resembling or characteristic of a metal
3. n. a yarn made partly or entirely of metal