steel
noun
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An artificial metal produced from iron, harder and more elastic than elemental iron; used figuratively as a symbol of hardness.
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Any item made of this metal, particularly including:
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Medicinal consumption of this metal; chalybeate medicine; (eventually) any iron or iron-treated water consumed as a medical treatment.
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Varieties of this metal.
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(colors) The gray hue of this metal; steel-gray, or steel blue.
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Extreme hardness or resilience.
verb
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To edge, cover, or point with steel.
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To harden or strengthen; to nerve or make obdurate; to fortify against.
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(of mirrors) To back with steel.
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To treat a liquid with steel for medicinal purposes.
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To press with a flat iron.
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To cause to resemble steel in appearance.
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To steelify; to turn iron into steel.
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To electroplate an item, particularly an engraving plate, with a layer of iron.
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To sharpen with a honing steel.
adjective
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Made of steel.
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Similar to steel in color, strength, or the like; steely.
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Of or belonging to the manufacture or trade in steel.
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Containing steel.
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Engraved on steel.
proper noun
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Coldbath Fields Prison in London, closed in 1877.
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