steels Definition

commercial iron that contains carbon in any amount up to about 1.7 percent as an essential alloying constituent, is malleable when under suitable conditions, and is distinguished from cast iron by its malleability and lower carbon content

an instrument or implement of or characteristically of steel: such as

a thrusting or cutting weapon

to overlay, point, or edge with steel

to cause to resemble steel (as in looks or hardness)

to fill with resolution or determination

a strong hard steel that derives its physical properties from the presence of carbon and is used in hand tools and kitchen utensils

hard cast steel made in pots that are lifted from the furnace before the metal is poured into molds

hard elastic steel ornamented with wavy patterns and used especially for sword blades

a strong tough low-carbon martensitic steel which contains up to 25 percent nickel and in which hardening precipitates are formed by aging

a low-carbon structural steel that is easily worked

a box-shaped musical instrument with legs that has usually 10 strings which can be altered in pitch by the use of pedals and which are plucked while being pressed with a movable steel bar —called also pedal steel guitar

an alloy of steel with chromium and sometimes another element (such as nickel or molybdenum) that is practically immune to rusting and ordinary corrosion

rolled steel in structural shapes

steel suitable for structural shapes