steel
Pronunciation:
/stiːl/noun
Definitions
An artificial metal produced from iron, harder and more elastic than elemental iron; used figuratively as a symbol of hardness.
Any item made of this metal, particularly including:
Medicinal consumption of this metal; chalybeate medicine; (eventually) any iron or iron-treated water consumed as a medical treatment.
Varieties of this metal.
verb
Definitions
To edge, cover, or point with steel.
To harden or strengthen; to nerve or make obdurate; to fortify against.
(of mirrors) To back with steel.
To treat a liquid with steel for medicinal purposes.
adjective
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Made of steel.
Similar to steel in color, strength, or the like; steely.
Of or belonging to the manufacture or trade in steel.
Containing steel.