Not really... I mean, the issue starts with the equating of 'metal' to mean 'solid', let alone how 'solid' is a bit of an oxymoron for 'plasma'. Additionally, a

Not really... I mean, the issue starts with the equating of 'metal' to mean 'solid', let alone how 'solid' is a bit of an oxymoron for 'plasma'. Additionally, all materials are free to conduct electrons through it, in solid, liquid, or gaseous forms (the differences are just in the energy/distance thresholds in order to do so). So "Solid chunk with electrons free to conduct through it" doesn't quite grasp what metals actually are. I mean, you can have solid chunks of oxygen with electrons free to conduct through it, given the right conditions, and oxygen isn't a metal. But then again, this is entirely a matter of an arbitrary line we've chosen to categorize matter for convenience and communication purposes, and we call those conditions for elements like oxygen "metallic", so if it helps comprehend things then I don't see anything wrong with that.