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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211) A thin steel cord was bolted to the beam that supported the boxcar roof.
212) The steel piston is fitted with brass piston rings which, says Hytek, makes for longer life.
213) But they're not steel now, they're snakes, and they're coiling round my ankles, still relentlessly pulling.
214) People all have jobs now, at the steel mill and the auto plant.
215) If only that was what I felt when I looked in the mirror, instead of anxiety over these little springs of steel.
216) Installation pipes from the meter should be of steel or copper and should be surface-mounted and away from electrical services and appliances.
217) Overhead, in the amethyst dusk above the Viennese Altstadt, Steel City was an evening star.
218) Designers are considering enlarging and strengthening the concrete foundations, and anchoring them into Bay soils with steel pilings.
219) A framework of steel beams supports the concrete slab floor plates.
220) I was astonished at some of the men who were still working at Wisconsin Steel when it closed.
221) Sheet steel is used in applications from pails to car hoods.
222) There was a door at the top, heavily studded and banded with steel.
223) Other facilities include two swimming pools and nightly entertainment featuring steel bands,(http://sentencedict.com) limbo dancing and calypso music.
224) Kobe Steel supplied the liquid-helium refrigerator for super-chilling the magnets close to absolute zero.
225) These human beasts of burden also wore heavy leg-irons chained to thick steel bands clamped around their waists.
226) And as is the way of things in nature, given sufficient heat and hammering, the result is forged steel.
227) You can't bend the steel without some kind of tool.
228) That was when he noticed the shiny steel bracelets on his sunburned wrists.
229) He had either nerves of steel or brains of custard, because he had fallen asleep during the last flight.
230) Each of the boosters is assembled from long, insulated steel segments.
231) One successful bidder was Midvale Steel; soon naval inspectors, extended every courtesy, had the run of the Midvale shops.
232) It was followed by a hammer blow that echoed like thunder through the steel hulk.
233) They used either aluminium or steel foil, contained in a stainless steel cassette,[sentencedict.com] as a recording medium.
234) One spring morning two anchor bolts were inserted in the footings that were to receive the first steel column.
235) Each barge weighs about 850 tons and carries about eleven hundred tons of steel.
236) Steel met steel with a force that sent a nearby flock of birds shrieking into the air.
237) A soldier tried to shove a bayonet into his throat, but the steel buckled against his adam's apple superconductor.
238) Between the main beams, lengths of steel decking are laid side by side, each hooking into its neighbor.
239) These dies were usually made of bronze or steel, and bore the design in intaglio.
240) When people do read longer works, they primarily favor high-drama novels that get a steel grip on their attention.