Apron string () The string of an apron. |
Bessemer steel () Steel made directly from cast iron, by burning out a portion of the carbon and other impurities that the latter contains, through the agency of a blast of air which is forced through the molten metal |
Cast steel () See Cast steel, under Steel. |
Navel-string (n.) The umbilical cord. |
Steel (n.) 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. |
Steel (n.) An instrument or implement made of steel |
Steel (n.) A weapon, as a sword, dagger, etc. |
Steel (n.) An instrument of steel (usually a round rod) for sharpening knives. |
Steel (n.) A piece of steel for striking sparks from flint. |
Steel (n.) Fig.: Anything of extreme hardness |
Steel (n.) A chalybeate medicine. |
Steel (n.) To overlay, point, or edge with steel |
Steel (n.) To make hard or strong |
Steel (n.) Fig.: To cause to resemble steel, as in smoothness, polish, or other qualities. |
Steel (n.) To cover, as an electrotype plate, with a thin layer of iron by electrolysis. The iron thus deposited is very hard, like steel. |
String (n.) A small cord, a line, a twine, or a slender strip of leather, or other substance, used for binding together, fastening, or tying things |
String (n.) A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession |
String (n.) A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together. |
String (n.) The cord of a musical instrument, as of a piano, harp, or violin |
String (n.) The line or cord of a bow. |
String (n.) A fiber, as of a plant |
String (n.) A nerve or tendon of an animal body. |
String (n.) An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it. |
String (n.) The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericap of leguminous plants, and which is readily pulled off |
String (n.) A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein. |
String (n.) Same as Stringcourse. |
String (n.) The points made in a game. |
String (v. t.) To furnish with strings |
String (v. t.) To put in tune the strings of, as a stringed instrument, in order to play upon it. |
String (v. t.) To put on a string |
String (v. t.) To make tense |
String (v. t.) To deprive of strings |
Shirodkar's operation purse-string operation | a surgical procedure in which a suture is used to close the cervix in a pregnant woman, is performed when the cervix has failed to retain previous pregnancies |
steel engraving | the act of engraving on a steel plate |
apron string | (usually used in the plural) a cord used to tie an apron at the waist |
bass fiddle bass viol bull fiddle double bass contrabass string bass | largest and lowest member of the violin family |
beads string of beads | several beads threaded together on a string |
bowed stringed instrument string | stringed instruments that are played with a bow, the strings played superlatively well |
chain string strand | a necklace made by a stringing objects together, a string of beads, a strand of pearls, |
drawstring drawing string string | a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening, he pulled the drawstring and closed the bag |
G-string thong | minimal clothing worn by stripteasers, a narrow strip of fabric that covers the pubic area, passes between the thighs, and is supported by a waistband |
Hawaiian guitar steel guitar | guitar whose steel strings are twanged while being pressed with a movable steel bar for a glissando effect |
purse string | a drawstring used to close the mouth of a purse |
shoelace shoe lace shoestring shoe string | a lace used for fastening shoes |
steel | knife sharpener consisting of a ridged steel rod |
steel arch bridge | a steel bridge constructed in the form of an arch |
steel drum | a concave percussion instrument made from the metal top of an oil drum, has an array of flattened areas that produce different tones when struck (of Caribbean origin) |
steel engraving | engraving on a steel plate |
steel engraving | an impression taken from an engraved steel plate |
steel mill steelworks steel plant steel factory | a factory where steel is made |
steel plate | a plate of steel |
steel trap | a trap made of steel with a strong spring and sharp toothlike projections to hold the prey |
steel-wool pad | abrader consisting of a pad of steel wool used for polishing or smoothing |
string twine | a lightweight cord |
string | a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, which makes sound when plucked, struck, or bowed |
string | a collection of objects threaded on a single strand |
string tie | a very narrow necktie usually tied in a bow |
sword blade brand steel | a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard |
steel blue | a greyish blue color |
steel trap | an acute intelligence (an analogy based on the well-known sharpness of steel traps), he's as sharp as a steel trap, a mind like a steel trap |
string theory | (particle physics) a theory that postulates that subatomic particles are one-dimensional strings |
string | a linear sequence of symbols (characters or words or phrases) |
string of words word string linguistic string | a linear sequence of words as spoken or written |
string bean | green beans with strings that must be removed |
string cheese | cheese formed in long strings twisted together |
steel company | a company that makes and sells steel |
steel industry | the industry that makes steel and steel products |
second string | a squad of players that are available either individually or as a team to relieve or replace the players who started the game |
string section strings | the section of an orchestra that plays stringed instruments |
string quartet string quartette | an instrumental quartet with violins and a viola and a cello |
string orchestra | an orchestra playing only stringed instruments |
steel band | a band that plays instruments made from the heads of oil drums (Caribbean Islands) |
string train | a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding, a string of islands, train of mourners, a train of thought |
balkline baulk-line string line | line across a billiard table behind which the cue balls are placed at the start of a game |
string cosmic string | (cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop |
steel production | making steel from pig iron |
shoestring shoe string | a small amount of money, he managed it on a shoestring |
alloy steel | steel who characteristics are determined by the addition of other elements in addition to carbon |
austenitic steel | steel that has enough nickel and chromium or manganese to retain austenite at atmospheric temperatures |
case-hardened steel | steel with a surface that is much harder than the interior metal |
steel | an alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon, widely used in construction, mechanical properties can be varied over a wide range |
stainless steel stainless chromium steel | steel containing chromium that makes it resistant to corrosion |