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Moderatesteel
The correct spelling is steel.
How to pronounce steel
/stiːl/
nounIPA: /stiːl/
Say it like: Stee-l
The correct spelling is steel. An artificial metal produced from iron, harder and more elastic than elemental iron; used figuratively as a symbol of hardness.
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Meanings
noun
- 1.An artificial metal produced from iron, harder and more elastic than elemental iron; used figuratively as a symbol of hardness.
- 2.Any item made of this metal, particularly including:
- 3.Medicinal consumption of this metal; chalybeate medicine; (eventually) any iron or iron-treated water consumed as a medical treatment.
- 4.Varieties of this metal.
- 5.(colors) The gray hue of this metal; steel-gray, or steel blue.
verb
- 1.To edge, cover, or point with steel.
- 2.To harden or strengthen; to nerve or make obdurate; to fortify against.
- 3.(of mirrors) To back with steel.
- 4.To treat a liquid with steel for medicinal purposes.
- 5.To press with a flat iron.
adjective
- 1.Made of steel.
- 2.Similar to steel in color, strength, or the like; steely.
- 3.Of or belonging to the manufacture or trade in steel.
- 4.Containing steel.
- 5.Engraved on steel.
proper noun
- 1.Coldbath Fields Prison in London, closed in 1877.
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