type metal

English Thesaurus

1. an alloy of tin and lead and antimony used to make printing type (noun.substance)

hypernym	:	alloy, metal,
definition	:	a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten (noun.substance)

hyponym	:	slug, type slug,
definition	:	a strip of type metal used for spacing (noun.artifact)