Meaning of ધાતુ in English

An elementary substance, as sodium, calcium, or copper, whose oxide or hydroxide has basic rather than acid properties, as contrasted with the nonmetals, or metalloids. No sharp line can be drawn between the metals and nonmetals, and certain elements partake of both acid and basic qualities, as chromium, manganese, bismuth, etc.
Ore from which a metal is derived; -- so called by miners.
A mine from which ores are taken.
The substance of which anything is made; material; hence, constitutional disposition; character; temper.
Courage; spirit; mettle. See Mettle.
The broken stone used in macadamizing roads and ballasting railroads.
The effective power or caliber of guns carried by a vessel of war.
Glass in a state of fusion.
The rails of a railroad.
To cover with metal; as, to metal a ship's bottom; to metal a road.
Of or pertaining to a metal; of the nature of metal; resembling metal; as, a metallic appearance; a metallic alloy.
Of, pertaining to, or characterized by, the essential and implied properties of a metal, as contrasted with a nonmetal or metalloid; basic; antacid; positive.
See Metallic.
The production and working or manufacture of metals.
Producing metals; yielding metals.
Having the form or structure of a metal.
of Metal
Of or pertaining to the metatarsus.
A metatarsal bone.
A stake sharpened or pointed, especially one used in fortification and encampments, to mark bounds and angles; or one used for tethering horses.
A pointed pale, used in marking fences.
A detached body of troops serving to guard an army from surprise, and to oppose reconnoitering parties of the enemy; -- called also outlying picket.
By extension, men appointed by a trades union, or other labor organization, to intercept outsiders, and prevent them from working for employers with whom the organization is at variance.
A military punishment, formerly resorted to, in which the offender was forced to stand with one foot on a pointed stake.
A game at cards. See Piquet.
To fortify with pointed stakes.
To inclose or fence with pickets or pales.
To tether to, or as to, a picket; as, to picket a horse.
To guard, as a camp or road, by an outlying picket.
To torture by compelling to stand with one foot on a pointed stake.