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steel

The correct spelling is steel.

How to pronounce steel

/stiːl/
noun

IPA: /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. 1.An artificial metal produced from iron, harder and more elastic than elemental iron; used figuratively as a symbol of hardness.
  2. 2.Any item made of this metal, particularly including:
  3. 3.Medicinal consumption of this metal; chalybeate medicine; (eventually) any iron or iron-treated water consumed as a medical treatment.
  4. 4.Varieties of this metal.
  5. 5.(colors) The gray hue of this metal; steel-gray, or steel blue.

verb

  1. 1.To edge, cover, or point with steel.
  2. 2.To harden or strengthen; to nerve or make obdurate; to fortify against.
  3. 3.(of mirrors) To back with steel.
  4. 4.To treat a liquid with steel for medicinal purposes.
  5. 5.To press with a flat iron.

adjective

  1. 1.Made of steel.
  2. 2.Similar to steel in color, strength, or the like; steely.
  3. 3.Of or belonging to the manufacture or trade in steel.
  4. 4.Containing steel.
  5. 5.Engraved on steel.

proper noun

  1. 1.Coldbath Fields Prison in London, closed in 1877.

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