STEEL


Meaning of STEEL in English

(~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

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