If this can move into mass production, we may start seeing products that were previously made of plastic be made of metal glass instead.

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It seemed to be made of grey metal, shiny but rough, like emery paper.

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All other denominations would be tokens, made of a metal too cheap to be worth melting down, that could be exchanged for higher-denomination ones (or for a set amount of the precious metal) at a rate fixed and guaranteed by the government.

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The actual feel of the phone is quite good -- it's made primarily of plastic, but the border surrounding the display seemed to be made out of some sort of metal.

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Somewhere among all that they can be sure of coins, gold and silver bullion and objects made of metal of various kinds.

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The Natural Balance Shoe, in any case, is still made of metal, and one might be forgiven for wondering why horse owners do not just pop their equine pals into a nice, comfy set of running shoes instead of all this business with nails.

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This is going to be slightly confusing for everyone out there now that Microsoft has announced the Surface, the case of which is made of liquid metal.

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