steel
Senso (Inglese)
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- An artificial metal produced from iron, harder and more elastic than elemental iron; used figuratively as a symbol of hardness.
- Any item made of this metal, particularly including
- Any item made of this metal, particularly including:
- A piece used for striking sparks from flint.
- Armor.
- A honing steel, a tool used to sharpen or hone metal blades.
- Pieces used to strengthen, support, or expand an item of clothing.
- A flat iron.
- A sewing needle; a knitting needle; a sharp metal stylus.
- An engraving plate
- Projectiles.
- A fringe of beads or decoration of this metal.
- A type of slide used while playing the steel guitar.
- (obsolete) Medicinal consumption of this metal; chalybeate medicine; (eventually) any iron or iron-treated water consumed as a medical treatment.
- The gray hue of this metal; steel-gray, or steel blue.
- Extreme hardness or resilience.
Sinonimi
iron manufacture
sharpening steel
tempered iron
fencing sword
steel oneself against
steel grade
killed steel
cold steel arms
steel ball
solid steel
full killed steel
friction ball
ball lump
furison
fire-steel
fire-steel of Burgundy
cast-iron stove
iron rod
Frequenza
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/stiːl/
Etimologia (Inglese)
From Middle English stele, stel, from Old English stīele, from Proto-West Germanic *stahlī (“something made of steel”), enlargement of *stahl (“steel”), from Proto-Germanic *stahlą, from *stah- or *stag- (“to be firm, rigid”), from Proto-Indo-European *stak- (“to stay, to be firm”). Compare Scots stele, Yola stehli.
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