steel

IPA: stˈiɫ

(countable, uncountable) An artificial metal produced from iron, harder and more elastic than elemental iron; used figuratively as a symbol of hardness.
(countable) 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.
(sewing) Pieces used to strengthen, support, or expand an item of clothing.
(dialectal) A flat iron.
(sewing, dialectal) A sewing needle; a knitting needle; a sharp metal stylus.
(printing) An engraving plate:
Projectiles.
(sewing) A fringe of beads or decoration of this metal.
(music, guitar) A type of slide used while playing the steel guitar.
(uncountable, medicine, obsolete) Medicinal consumption of this metal; chalybeate medicine; (eventually) any iron or iron-treated water consumed as a medical treatment.
(uncountable, colors) The gray hue of this metal; steel-gray, or steel blue.
(figurative) Extreme hardness or resilience.
(UK, crime, slang, obsolete) Coldbath Fields Prison in London, closed in 1877.
A surname.

(transitive) To edge, cover, or point with steel.
(transitive) To harden or strengthen; to nerve or make obdurate; to fortify against.
(transitive, obsolete, of mirrors) To back with steel.
(transitive, medicine, obsolete) To treat a liquid with steel for medicinal purposes.
(transitive, dialectal) To press with a flat iron.
(transitive, uncommon) To cause to resemble steel in appearance.
(transitive) To steelify; to turn iron into steel.
(transitive) To electroplate an item, particularly an engraving plate, with a layer of iron.
(transitive) To sharpen with a honing steel.

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