steel

CEFRB1

/stiːl/

noun

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  1. 01

    noun

    A strong metal made mainly from iron.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Any item made of this metal, particularly including:, Bladed or pointed weapons, as swords, javelins, daggers.

Examples

  • Steel production of the year was the highest on record.

  • The concrete is reinforced with steel rods.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • [stiːɫ]

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. An artificial metal produced from iron, harder and more elastic than elemental iron; used figuratively as a symbol of hardness.

  2. Any item made of this metal, particularly including:

  3. Bladed or pointed weapons, as swords, javelins, daggers.

More examples

In context

  • Your name was given to us by Mr. Hayashi of Keiyo Steel Corporation.

  • The steill to scherp the schawing jrne.

  • Weman...with wordis cane rycht wele our-cum mene hard as stele.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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, German Stahl, Dutch staal, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish stål.