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structural steel

noun

  1. the variety of steel shapes rolled for use in construction.
  2. a steel having a composition suitable for such shapes.


structural steel

noun

  1. a strong mild steel used in construction work


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Word History and Origins

Origin of structural steel1

First recorded in 1890–95

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Example Sentences

Instead of cableways there were great cantilever cranes built of structural steel.

He grasped the structural steel member in his great hands, and in the light gravity, ascended rapidly.

Why cannot reinforced concrete engineering be placed on the same sound footing as structural steel engineering?

Is it certain that structural steel design is on such a sound basis after all?

Attention to details of construction has placed structural steel designing on the high plane on which it stands.

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