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Meaning
Noun
●
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:
Any
item
made of
this
metal
,
particularly
including
Bladed or
pointed
weapons
, as
swords
,
javelins
, daggers.
●
A
piece
used for
striking
sparks
from flint.
●
Armor.
●
A
honing steel
, a
tool
used to
sharpen
or
hone
metal
blades.
●
In Sewing:
Pieces used to
strengthen
, support, or
expand
an
item
of clothing.
●
A
flat
iron.
●
In Sewing:
A
sewing needle
; a
knitting needle
;
a sharp
metal
stylus.
●
In Printing:
An
engraving
plate:
An
engraving
plate
●
Projectiles.
●
In Sewing:
A
fringe
of
beads
or
decoration
of this metal.
●
In Music:
A type of
slide
used while
playing
the
steel
guitar.
●
In Medicine:
Medicinal
consumption
of this
metal
;
chalybeate
medicine
; (eventually) any
iron
or
iron
-treated water
consumed
as a
medical
treatment.
●
Varieties of this metal.
●
The
gray
hue
of this
metal
;
steel
-gray, or
steel
blue.
●
Extreme
hardness
or resilience.
Adj
●
Made of steel.
●
Similar to
steel
in color
,
strength
, or the like;
steel
y.
●
In Business:
Of or
belonging
to the
manufacture
or
trade in
steel.
●
In Medicine:
Containing steel.
●
In Printing:
Engraved on steel.
Verb
●
To
edge
,
cover
, or point with steel.
●
To
harden
or
strengthen
; to
nerve
or make
obdurate
; to
fortify
against.
●
To back with steel.
●
In Medicine:
To
treat
a
liquid
with
steel
for
medicinal
purposes.
●
To
press
with
a flat
iron.
●
To cause to
resemble
steel
in appearance.
●
To
steelify
; to
turn
iron
into steel.
●
To
electroplate
an
item
,
particularly
an
engraving
plate
, with a
layer
of iron.
●
To
sharpen
with a
honing
steel.
Name
●
Coldbath Fields Prison in London,
closed in
1877.
●
A surname.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
steel
English
stele
Middle English (1100-1500)
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Harden
Stale
Courage
Shaft
Strengthen
Weights
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Neal
Niel
Peal
Deal
Keel
Feel
Seal
Weal
Tiel
Veal
Meal
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Teal
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