steel

noun

A generally hard, strong, durable, malleable alloy of iron and carbon, usually containing between 0.2 and 1.5 percent carbon, often with other constituents such as manganese, chromium, nickel, molybdenum, copper, tungsten, cobalt, or silicon, depending on the desired alloy properties, and widely used as a structural material.

noun

Something, such as a sword, that is made of steel.

noun

A quality suggestive of this alloy, especially a hard, unflinching character.

noun

Steel gray.

adjective

Made with, relating to, or consisting of steel.

adjective

Very firm or strong.

adjective

Of a steel gray.

transitive verb

To cover, plate, edge, or point with steel.

transitive verb

To make hard, strong, or obdurate; strengthen.