" steel "

[Noun]  | "steel" | \ ˈstēl \

1: 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

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

3: a thrusting or cutting weapon

Origin: before 12th century ;

 Middle English stele, from Old English stȳle, stēle; akin to Old High German stahal steel and perhaps to Sanskrit stakati he resists;

[Noun]  | "steel band" 

1: a band of steel drums

Origin: 1949 ;

[Noun]  | "steel blue" 

1: a grayish blue

2: any of the blue colors assumed by steel at various temperatures in tempering

Origin: 1803 ;

[Noun]  | "steel drum" 

1: a musical instrument originally developed in Trinidad that is played by hammering raised and tuned portions of the bottom of an oil drum

Origin: 1952 ;

[Noun]  | "steel engraving" 

1: the art or process of engraving on steel

2: an impression taken from an engraved steel plate

Origin: 1824 ;

[Noun]  | "steel guitar" 

1: any of various electric or acoustic stringed instruments (such as the Hawaiian guitar, the pedal steel, or the lap steel) that feature a metal resonator or that are played by moving a rigid object (such as a steel or glass bar) against plucked strings

Origin: 1910 ;

[Noun]  | "steel wool" 

1: an abrasive material composed of long fine steel shavings and used especially for scouring and burnishing

Origin: 1896 ;

[Verb]  | "steel" 

1: to overlay, point, or edge with steel

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

3: to fill with resolution or determination

Origin: 13th century ;

[Adjective]  | "steel" 

1: made of steel

2: of or relating to the production of steel

3: resembling steel

Origin: 13th century ;

[Adjective]  | "steel-trap" | \ ˈstēl-ˈtrap \

1: quick, incisive

Origin: 1945 ;

[Noun]  | "steel" 

[Verb]  | "steel"