steel

Plural

steels

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.An artificial metal produced from iron, harder and more elastic than elemental iron; used figuratively as a symbol of hardness.

   • Shall yron breake the Northren yron, and the steele?
   • Weman..with wordis cane rycht wele our-cum mene hard as stele.
   • Employeng the steell of his swerd the most best wyse that in hym was possible.

2. 2.Any item made of this metal, particularly including:

   • The steill to scherp the schawing jrne.
   • She that has [chastity], is clad in compleat steel.
   • The Cock falling with its wonted violence upon the Steel.

3. 3.Extreme hardness or resilience.

4. 4.The gray hue of this metal; steel-gray, or steel blue.

   • Falkenhayn gave..to Jane a steel glacé silk dress.

Adjective

Adjective

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A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

1. 1.Made of steel.

   • Strained in stel ger on steedes of might.
   • I will grasp the mountain-hedgehog, prickles and all, with my steel-gauntlet.
   • King Peter attributed his father's, King Alexander's, death to the fact that..he had not worn his steel-mesh bullet-proof shirt.

2. 2.Similar to steel in color, strength, or the like; steely.

3. 3.Of or belonging to the manufacture or trade in steel.

   • From their new dungeons at Chantilly, Aristocrats may hear the rustle of our new steel furnace there.
   • East Chicago, Ind., a smoky Lake Michigan steel town that isn't exactly famous for its esthetic splendor even when the sun shines.

4. 4.Engraved on steel.

   • The best picture I have had yet is the steel frontis-piece to my new book.

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Synonyms

• blade
• brand
• sword