listening watch continuous receiver watch | a watch established for the reception of traffic of interest to the unit maintaining the watch |
steel engraving | the act of engraving on a steel plate |
bell foundry | a foundry where bells are cast |
foundry metalworks | factory where metal castings are produced |
Hawaiian guitar steel guitar | guitar whose steel strings are twanged while being pressed with a movable steel bar for a glissando effect |
iron foundry | a foundry where cast iron is produced |
slab | block consisting of a thick piece of something |
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 |
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 |
steady state theory continuous creation theory | (cosmology) the theory that the universe maintains a constant average density with matter created to fill the void left by galaxies that are receding from each other, the steady state theory has been abandoned in favor of the big bang theory |
foundry proof | a proof taken from a form before duplicate plates are made |
steel company | a company that makes and sells steel |
steel industry | the industry that makes steel and steel products |
steel band | a band that plays instruments made from the heads of oil drums (Caribbean Islands) |
steel production | making steel from pig iron |
progressive progressive tense imperfect imperfect tense continuous tense | a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going |
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 |
carbon steel | steel whose characteristics are determined by the amount of carbon it contains |
crucible steel | steel made by the mixture of molten wrought iron, charcoal, and other substances in a crucible |
Damascus steel Damask steel | a hard resilient steel often decorated and used for sword blades |
steel wool wire wool | a mass of woven steel fibers used as an abrasive |
chisel steel | steel used in making chisels |
chrome-nickel steel Elinvar | Elinvar is a trademark for a kind of steel used for watch springs because its elasticity is constant over a wide range of temperatures |
chrome-tungsten steel | a steel alloy made with chromium and tungsten |
drill steel drill rod | carbon steel used for rock drills and dowels |
eutectoid steel | a steel that contains .% carbon (the eutectic point), a carbon steel with .% carbon is pure pearlite |
hard steel | steel with more than .% carbon |
high-speed steel hot-work steel | an alloy steel that remains hard at a red heat, used to make metalutting tools |
hyper-eutectoid steel | a steel that contains more than .% carbon |
hypo-eutectoid steel | a steel that contains less that .% carbon |
iron blue steel grey steel gray Davy's grey Davy's gray | slightly purplish or bluish dark grey |
manganese steel austenitic manganese steel | a steel with a relatively large component (-%) of manganese, highly resistant to wear and shock |
medium steel | steel with .-.% carbon |
mild steel lowarbon steel softast steel | steel with less than .% carbon |
molybdenum steel | steel containing -% molybdenum, properties are similar to tungsten steel |
nickel steel | an alloy steel containing nickel |