1. (n.)steel any of various forms of refined iron containing less carbon than pig iron and more than wrought iron and possessing varying qualities of hardness, elasticity, and strength.
1. (noun)steel a metal consisting of iron and carbon a steel bridge
Definition of 'Steel'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)Steel 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 ironcarbide. Steel, unlike wrought iron, can be tempered, and retains magnetism. Its malleability decreases, and fusibility increases, with an increase in carbon
2. (noun)Steel an instrument or implement made of steel
3. (noun)Steel a weapon, as a sword, dagger, etc
4. (noun)Steel an instrument of steel (usually a round rod) for sharpening knives
5. (noun)Steel a piece of steel for striking sparks from flint
6. (noun)Steel fig.: Anything of extreme hardness; that which is characterized by sternness or rigor
8. (noun)Steel to overlay, point, or edge with steel; as, to steel a razor; to steel an ax
9. (noun)Steel to make hard or strong; hence, to make insensible or obdurate
10. (noun)Steel fig.: To cause to resemble steel, as in smoothness, polish, or other qualities
11. (noun)Steel to cover, as an electrotype plate, with a thin layer of iron by electrolysis. The iron thus deposited is very hard, like steel
Definition of 'Steel'
U.S. National Library of Medicine
1. Steel A tough, malleable, iron-based alloy containing up to, but no more than, two percent carbon and often other metals. It is used in medicine and dentistry in implants and instrumentation.
Definition of 'Steel'
The Standard Electrical Dictionary
1. Steel A compound of iron with carbon. The carbon may range from a few hundredths of one per cent. up to two per cent. For magnets, toolsteel drawn to a straw color or a little lower is good. All shaping and filing should be done before magnetization.
Sense: (of) a very hard alloy of iron and carbon, used for making tools etc tools of the finest steel; steel knives/chisels; He had a grip of steel (= a very strong grip).
Definitions of Steel 
Afrikaans: staal
Arabic: فولاذ
Bulgarian: стомана
Brazilian: aço
Czech: ocel(ový)
German: der Stahl, Stahl-...
Danish: stål; stål-
Greek: ατσάλι, ατσάλινος
Estonian: teras
Farsi: پولاد
Finnish: teräs
French: (d')acier
Hebrew: פְּלָדָה
Hindi: इस्पात, फौलाद, तलवार, ताक
Croatian: čelik
Hungarian: acél
Indonesian: baja
Icelandic: stál
Italian: acciaio; d'acciaio
Japanese: 鋼鉄(の)
Korean: 강철
Lithuanian: plienas
Latvian: tērauds; tērauda-
Malay: keluli
Dutch: staal
Norwegian: stål
Polish: stal
Persian: پولاد
Pashto: پولاد
Portuguese: aço
Romanian: (de) oţel
Russian: сталь
Slovak: oceľ; oceľový
Slovenian: jeklo
Serbian: čelik
Swedish: stål
Thai: เหล็ก
Turkish: çelik
Taiwanese: 鋼(鐵)
Ukrainian: сталь, криця
Urdu: فولاد
Vietnamese: thép
Chinese: 钢（铁）
