Synonym: blade, brand, nerve, sword. Similar words: steer, steep, finite element, self-esteem, step by step, feel, peel, heel. Meaning: [stɪːl] n. 1. an alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon; widely used in construction; mechanical properties can be varied over a wide range 2. a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard 3. knife sharpener consisting of a ridged steel rod. v. 1. get ready for something difficult or unpleasant 2. cover, plate, or edge with steel.
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121) Simply making steel stronger does not necessarily guarantee freedom from laminar tearing.
122) These bullets can punch a hole through 20 mm steel plate.
123) The general is a tall man with steel spectacles and a stiff, rather pompous manner.
124) Unless the Government provides more cash, the steel industry is done for.
125) The steel workers were relatively indifferent to the issue of nationalization.
126) Japan might be able to unload more of its steel abroad.
127) I'm afraid I have bad news for you, so steel yourself.
128) Shop manager Brian Steel stalled the man until the police arrived.
129) In the course of the 1930s steel production in Britain approximately doubled.
130) You need nerves of steel to be a good poker player.
131) Recent years have witnessed the collapse of the steel industry.
132) The proposed new office tower is a steel and glass structure 43 storeys high.
133) A lorry shed its load of steel bars on the M25.
134) He needed a cool head,(sentencedict.com) a stout heart and nerves of steel.
135) You should steel your heart to take things as they come.
136) British Steel is benchmarked against the best operations anywhere in the world.
137) The steel industry is one of Britain's greatest users of coal.
138) The heavy steel doors mocked the attempts of the thieves to open the safe.
139) Miners staged a one-day strike in support of the steel workers.
140) This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.
141) Millions of people have been laid off in the steel industry.
142) The steel roof has been coloured to match the finish of the original wrought iron.
143) Steel making is the only local industry offering large-scale employment.
144) The Japanese were producing over 100 million tons of steel.
145) Having inherited her father's company, she hewed another steel plant.
146) In a two-stage operation[sentencedict.com], the multi-spoked steel structure will be raised to the vertical.
147) The helicopter lifted up the steel pylon, transported it to the site, and dropped it gently into place.
148) The block of office buildings was built of concrete on a steel framework.
149) The original plan was to encase a small amount of a radioactive substance in a protective steel container.
150) Workers at the factory are making steel bodies for cars.