Definitions
A dark gray color, and a bronze alloy used for wear-resistant parts.
Word origin
From gun + metal.
Used in a sentence
“Braſs, Copper, Latten, Bell-Metal, Pan-Metal, Gun-Metal, or Shruff-Metal, whether clean or mixed, carried beyond Sea, forfeits double the Value thereof; (Tin and Lead only excepted) the Informer half, […]”
“It is three tiers high inside the prison and everything is the color of gunmetal. Everything is dark and cold, except for those patches of light, where authority stands.”
“Of his addictive behavior, he [Robert Downey Jr.] told a judge, "It's like I have a shotgun in my mouth, and I've got my finger on the trigger, and I like the taste of the gunmetal."”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Dark gray shade”8 letters
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