Steel



noun
1.
(a very strong alloy of iron and carbon and often with other metals as nickel to produce hardness, etc., something made or steel, a sword or dagger, great strength a railway) ដែកថែប
adjective
1.
(of steel) steel rod ដែលធ្វើពីដែកថែប, steel wood ដែលធ្វើពីសរសៃដែក
verbpast tense: steeled ; past participle: steeled ; present participle: steeling ;
1.
(TRANSITIVE) ~ oneself (for against something), (oneself ~ to do something) (to make hard tough, etc) steel a door ប៉ានដែក, steel oneself against attack ប្រុងខ្លួនទុក
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
A variety of iron intermediate in composition and properties between wrought iron and cast iron (containing between one half of one per cent and one and a half per cent of carbon), and consisting of an alloy of iron with an iron carbide. Steel, unlike wrought iron, can be tempered, and retains magnetism. Its malleability decreases, and fusibility increases, with an increase in carbon.
2.
An instrument or implement made of steel
3.
A weapon, as a sword, dagger, etc.
4.
An instrument of steel (usually a round rod) for sharpening knives.
5.
A piece of steel for striking sparks from flint.
6.
(FIGURATIVE) Anything of extreme hardness; that which is characterized by sternness or rigor.
7.
A chalybeate medicine.
verbpast tense: steeled ; past participle: steeled ; present participle: steeling ;
1.
To overlay, point, or edge with steel; as, to steel a razor; to steel an ax.
2.
To make hard or strong; hence, to make insensible or obdurate.
3.
(FIGURATIVE) To cause to resemble steel, as in smoothness, polish, or other qualities.
4.
To cover, as an electrotype plate, with a thin layer of iron by electrolysis. The iron thus deposited is very hard, like steel.