(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Steel is a very strong metal which is made mainly from iron. Steel is used for making many things, for example bridges, buildings, vehicles, and cutlery.
...~ pipes.
...the iron and ~ industry...
The front wall is made of corrugated ~.
N-MASS: oft N n
see also stainless ~
2.
Steel is used to refer to the industry that produces ~ and items made of ~.
...a three-month study of European ~...
N-UNCOUNT: oft N n
3.
If you ~ yourself, you prepare to deal with something unpleasant.
Those involved are ~ing themselves for the coming battle...
I was ~ing myself to call round when Simon arrived.
VERB: V pron-refl for/against n, V pron-refl to-inf