Collocations for "steel"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "steel" in context.
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steel
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n as adj
- a steel [drum, sculpture]
- works in the steel industry
- stainless steel [utensils, knives]
- is steel-[plated, coated]
- steel construction
- a steel frame
- use steel wool to remove
- UK: wearing steel-capped [boots, shoes]
- wearing steel-toe [boots]
- wearing steel-toed [boots]
- steel [guitar, strings]
- a steel-clad [ship, tank]
- steel-coated [roofing, bullets]
- [stainless, pure, alloy] steel
- [cut, weld, forge, shape, mold, melt] steel
- the [pans, cutlery, pots] are made of steel
- [display, show, have] nerves of steel
- the [player, president] [displayed] nerves of steel
- steel yourself for [the worst, a fight, the onslaught]
- steeled herself against the [fear, crowd, danger]
- steeled himself to face [his fear, the disaster, the fire]
- steeled her [heart, nerves]
- her [tone, expression, jaw] (was) steeled with [resolve, determination]
'steel' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
alloy
- appliance
- arch
- architecture
- armor
- arrow
- barrier
- beam
- bend
- blade
- cable
- cage
- captain
- cartridge
- case
- casting
- characteristic
- chest
- chisel
- churn
- clad
- club
- coated
- coating
- column
- coming
- concrete
- construct
- construction
- container
- cooker
- core
- cutlery
- drum
- enamel
- erection
- exhaust
- faggot
- fashion
- fender
- flint
- forge
- fork
- founder
- framework
- fridge
- funnel
- glass
- grade
- grind