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steel
has definitions from the fields of arms,chemistry,metallurgy
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[ noun ] (chemistry,metallurgy) an alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon; widely used in construction; mechanical properties can be varied over a wide range
Used in print (Mr. America, 4:6...)This is the kind of chest that invariably wins contests that steel edged `` carved out_of solid rock '' looks of the great champions . (Raymond C. Binder et al., editors, Proceedings...)The anode in figure 2 was mounted by means of the anode holder which was attached to a steel plug and disk . (Irving Stone, The Agony and the Ecstasy....)He was crouched over his anvil in the courtyard getting his chisels into trim , when a splinter of steel flew into his eye and imbedded itself in his pupil . (Arthur Miller, "The Prophecy," in The Best...)Stowey_Rummel was internationally famous , a crafter of a genuine Americana in foreign eyes , an original designer whose inventive childishness with steel and concrete was made even more believably sincere by his personality . The debris of his other careers was piled everywhere ; a pile of wire cages for mice from his time as a geneticist and a microscope lying on its side on the window_sill , vertical steel columns wired for support to the open ceiling beams with spidery steel cantilevers jutting_out into the air , masonry constructions on the floor from the time he was inventing his disastrous fireplace whose smoke would pass_through a whole house , visible all_the_way up through wire gratings on each floor . |
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[ verb ] get ready for something difficult or unpleasant
Synonyms Used in print (Ann Hebson, The Lattimer Legend....)She had even steeled herself to keep Juanita upstairs in the nurse 's room off the empty nursery , although the girl tried to insist on moving_back to the quarters to spare Kate remembrance of the baby 's death . |
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[ verb ] cover, plate, or edge with steel
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 4484
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[ noun ] knife sharpener consisting of a ridged steel rod
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