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| 1. sost. (metallurgia) acciaio | |
| 2. sost. (araldica) ferro da fucile | |
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| steel | |
| 1. subst. An artificial metal produced from iron, harder and more elastic than elemental iron; used figuratively as a symbol of hardness. |  |
| 2. subst. Any item made of this metal, particularly including: | |
| 3. subst. Bladed or pointed weapons, as swords, javelins, daggers. | |
| 4. subst. A piece used for striking sparks from flint. | |
| 5. subst. Armor. | |
| 6. subst. A honing steel, a tool used to sharpen or hone metal blades. | |
| 7. subst. (sewing) Pieces used to strengthen, support, or expand an item of clothing. | |
| 8. subst. (dialectal) A flat iron. | |
| 9. subst. (sewing, dialectal) A sewing needle; a knitting needle; a sharp metal stylus. | |
| 10. subst. (printing) An engraving plate: | |
| 11. subst. Projectiles. | |
| 12. subst. (sewing) A fringe of beads or decoration of this metal. | |
| 13. subst. (music, guitar) A type of slide used while playing the steel guitar. | |
| 14. subst. (medicine, obsolete) Medicinal consumption of this metal; chalybeate medicine; (eventually) any iron or iron-treated water consumed as a medical treatment. | |
| 15. subst. Varieties of this metal. | |
| 16. subst. (colors) The gray hue of this metal; steel-gray, or steel blue. | |
| 17. subst. (figurative) Extreme hardness or resilience. | |
| 18. adj. Made of steel. | |
| 19. adj. Similar to steel in color, strength, or the like; steely. | |
| 20. adj. (business) Of or belonging to the manufacture or trade in steel. | |
| 21. adj. (medicine, obsolete) Containing steel. | |
| 22. adj. (printing) Engraved on steel. | |
| 23. v. To edge, cover, or point with steel. | |
| 24. v. To harden or strengthen; to nerve or make obdurate; to fortify against. | |
| 25. v. (transitive, obsolete, of mirrors) To back with steel. | |
| 26. v. (transitive, medicine, obsolete) To treat a liquid with steel for medicinal purposes. | |
| 27. v. (transitive, dialectal) To press with a flat iron. | |
| 28. v. (transitive, uncommon) To cause to resemble steel in appearance. | |
| 29. v. To steelify; to turn iron into steel. | |
| 30. v. To electroplate an item, particularly an engraving plate, with a layer of iron. | |
| 31. v. To sharpen with a honing steel. | |
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