white metal

white metal (countable and uncountable, plural white metals)

1. Any tin- or lead-based alloy.
2. (UK, auctions) Silver that cannot be labeled as silver in the UK because it does not bear an Assay Office mark.
3. Any silvery or whitish metal or alloy.
4. (music) Christian-themed heavy metal, as distinguished from black metal.

• (antonym(s) of “music genre”): black metal

• (tin- or lead- based alloy): pewter, Babbitt metal, Britannia metal

• monkey metal
• pot metal