steel

Meanings

Plural: steels

Noun

• an alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon; widely used in construction; mechanical properties can be varied over a wide range
• a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard
• knife sharpener consisting of a ridged steel rod
• 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:
• Bladed or pointed weapons, as swords, javelins, daggers.
• Any item made of this metal, particularly including:
• A piece used for striking sparks from flint.
• Any item made of this metal, particularly including:
• Armor.
• Any item made of this metal, particularly including:
• A honing steel, a tool used to sharpen or hone metal blades.
• Any item made of this metal, particularly including:
• Pieces used to strengthen, support, or expand an item of clothing.
• Any item made of this metal, particularly including:
• A flat iron.
• Any item made of this metal, particularly including:
• A sewing needle; a knitting needle; a sharp metal stylus.
• Any item made of this metal, particularly including:
• An engraving plate.
• Any item made of this metal, particularly including:
• Projectiles.
• Any item made of this metal, particularly including:
• A fringe of beads or decoration of this metal.
• Any item made of this metal, particularly including:
• A type of slide used while playing the steel guitar.
• Medicinal consumption of this metal; chalybeate medicine; (eventually) any iron or iron-treated water consumed as a medical treatment.
• The gray hue of this metal; steel-gray, or steel blue.
• Extreme hardness or resilience.

Verb

• get ready for something difficult or unpleasant
• cover, plate, or edge with steel
• To treat, furnish with, or transform into steel.
• To edge, cover, or point with steel.
• To treat, furnish with, or transform into steel.
• To back with steel.
• To treat, furnish with, or transform into steel.
• To treat a liquid with steel for medicinal purposes.
• To treat, furnish with, or transform into steel.
• To electroplate an item (particularly an engraving plate) with a layer of iron.
• To treat, furnish with, or transform into steel.
• To sharpen with a honing steel.
• To treat, furnish with, or transform into steel.
• To steelify; to turn iron into steel.
• To cause to resemble steel.
• To harden or strengthen; to nerve or make obdurate; to fortify against.
• To cause to resemble steel.
• To give (something) the appearance of steel.
• To press with a flat iron.

Adj

• 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.
• Engraved on steel.

Name

• Coldbath Fields Prison in London, closed in 1877.

Synonyms

blade, brand, nerve, sword

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