A pickup is a device that captures the vibration of the metal guitar strings and changes them into electronic sound signals.

VOA: special.2009.09.27

Workers stand outside stores, ringing a bell and collecting money in a red metal kettle from shoppers passing by.

VOA: special.2009.11.02

Then he used the plaster form as a guide to make the final statue out of bronze metal.

VOA: special.2010.05.31

The treadle pump is easy to build from bamboo or other wood and two metal cylinders with pistons.

VOA: special.2009.08.17

A stencil is a thin sheet of metal or plastic out of which a design has been cut.

VOA: special.2009.09.02

Now,at last, the two coasts of the United States were united by a single line of metal rail.

VOA: special.2010.02.25

The difference between the bright burning metal and the black factory walls was too extreme for her camera.

VOA: special.2009.05.10

Some canopies have narrow strips of metal or wood to provide either sunlight or shade, depending on the position of the sun.

VOA: special.2011.08.09

Some artists like this process because they can draw on the metal as easily as if they were using a writing pen.

VOA: special.2009.09.02

In some cases,instead of a cast, a splint made of plastic or metal will be secured over the area to restrict movement.

VOA: special.2009.02.04

At last he did, he tied the boat to metal ring that was stuck in the rocks.

VOA: special.2010.05.08

The heavy metal enters the body when children breathe the paint dust or fumes in the air.

VOA: special.2009.08.31

They were conservative men. They represented workers with certain skills, such as wood workers or metal workers.

VOA: special.2011.03.31

We slept on the hard ground, ate canned beans from cold metal plates and spent our days in the difficult search for gold.

VOA: special.2009.07.04