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What does gunmetal mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word gunmetal? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. (historical) A type of bronze used for making cannons.
  2. An alloy of 88% copper, 10% tin and 2% zinc, originally used for making guns.
  3. (also attributive) A dark grey or bluish-grey colour; gunmetal grey.
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The heron, curled against the early morning cold, was a dark question mark against the gunmetal surface of the pond.
The dingy, gunmetal gray image is soft, sloppy and lacking any real artistic merit.
Moreover, in the base year, only gunmetal showed a reduction in price as a trend.
Now, visually I agree, that gunmetal is not a great look for a comic book movie but I don't think it takes away from the film.
Loose copper bullet casings and gunmetal gleamed coldly in the light sparkling like pieces of ice, cold and deadly.
His body in my arms dragged me down like gunmetal, but I managed to manoeuvre him to the doorway and out into the cleaner air.

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