/stiːl/
noun
An artificial metal produced from iron, harder and more elastic than elemental iron; used figuratively as a symbol of hardness.Any item made of this metal, particularly including:Medicinal consumption of this metal; chalybeate medicine; (eventually) any iron or iron-treated water consumed as a medical treatment.Varieties of this metal.(colors) The gray hue of this metal; steel-gray, or steel blue.Extreme hardness or resilience.verb
To edge, cover, or point with steel.To harden or strengthen; to nerve or make obdurate; to fortify against.(of mirrors) To back with steel.To treat a liquid with steel for medicinal purposes.To press with a flat iron.To cause to resemble steel in appearance.To steelify; to turn iron into steel.To electroplate an item, particularly an engraving plate, with a layer of iron.To sharpen with a honing steel.adjective
Made of steel.Similar to steel in color, strength, or the like; steely.Of or belonging to the manufacture or trade in steel.Containing steel.Engraved on steel.