steel
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noun
1.
any of various modified forms of iron, artificially produced, having a carbon content less than that of pig iron and more than that of wrought iron, and having qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength varying according to composition and heat treatment: generally categorized as having a high, medium, or low-carbon content.
2.
a thing or things made of this metal.
3.
a flat strip of this metal used for stiffening, especially in corsets; stay.
4.
a bar of this metal that has one end formed to hold a bit for driving through rock.
5.
steels, stocks or bonds of companies producing this metal.
adjective
8.
pertaining to or made of steel.
9.
like steel in color, hardness, or strength.
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verb (used with object)
10.
to fit with steel, as by pointing, edging, or overlaying.
11.
to cause to resemble steel in some way.
12.
to render insensible, inflexible, unyielding, determined, etc.: He steeled himself to perform the dangerous task.
Origin:
before 900; (noun) Middle English stele, Old English (north) stēle; cognate with Dutch staal, German Stahl, Old Norse stāl; (v.) Middle English stelen, Old English styled edged with steel, derivative of the noun
before 900; (noun) Middle English stele, Old English (north) stēle; cognate with Dutch staal, German Stahl, Old Norse stāl; (v.) Middle English stelen, Old English styled edged with steel, derivative of the noun
Related forms
steel·like, adjective
pre·steel, noun, adjective
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World English Dictionary
steel (stiːl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a. any of various alloys based on iron containing carbon (usually 0.1--1.7 per cent) and often small quantities of other elements such as phosphorus, sulphur, manganese, chromium, and nickel. Steels exhibit a variety of properties, such as strength, machinability, malleability, etc, depending on their composition and the way they have been treated |
| b. See also stainless steel (as modifier): steel girders | |
| 2. | something that is made of steel |
| 3. | a steel stiffener in a corset, etc |
| 4. | a ridged steel rod with a handle used for sharpening knives |
| 5. | the quality of hardness, esp with regard to a person's character or attitudes |
| 6. | stock exchange See also steels the quotation for steel shares |
| 7. | (modifier) resembling steel: steel determination |
| —vb | |
| 8. | to fit, plate, edge, or point with steel |
| 9. | to make hard and unfeeling: he steeled his heart against her sorrow; he steeled himself for the blow |
| [Old English stēli; related to Old High German stehli, Middle Dutch stael] | |
| 'steely | |
| —adj | |
| 'steeliness | |
| —n | |
| Steel (stiːl) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | Danielle, full name Danielle Fernande Schüelein-Steel. born 1950, US writer of romantic fiction |
| 2. | Baron David (Martin Scott). born 1938, British politician; leader of the Liberal Party (1976--88); Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament (1999--2003) |
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Word Origin & History
steel
O.E. style, from W.Gmc. adj. *stakhlijan "made of steel" (cf. O.S. stehli, O.N., M.L.G. stal, Dan. staal, Swed. stål, M.Du. stael, Du. staal, O.H.G. stahal, Ger. Stahl), related to *stakhla "standing fast," from PIE *stek-lo-, from base *stak- "to stand, place, be firm" (see
stay (n.1)). No corresponding word exists outside Gmc. except those likely borrowed from Gmc. languages. The fig. verb sense of "make hard or strong like steel" is first recorded 1581. Steel wool is attested from 1896.
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Science Dictionary
| steel (stēl) Pronunciation Key
Any of various hard, strong, flexible alloys of iron and carbon. Often, other metals are added to give steel a particular property, such as chromium and nickel to make it stainless. Steel is widely used in many kinds of tools and as a structural material in building. |
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Easton
Bible Dictionary
Steel definition
The "bow of steel" in (A.V.) 2 Sam. 22:35; Job 20:24; Ps. 18:34 is in the Revised Version "bow of brass" (Heb. kesheth-nehushah). In Jer. 15:12 the same word is used, and is also rendered in the Revised Version "brass." But more correctly it is copper (q.v.), as brass in the ordinary sense of the word (an alloy of copper and zinc) was not known to the ancients.
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Idioms & Phrases
steel
In addition to the idiom beginning with steel, also see mind like a steel trap.
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Example sentences
Steel prices have also been falling fast from record highs.
And the desert sprouted great cities of pipe and steel.
They slid the frozen body onto a stainless steel gurney.
From time to time he pauses to hone his curved steel blade on the stone he keeps in a belt pouch.
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