steel
An artificial metal produced from iron, harder and more elastic than elemental iron; used figuratively as a symbol of hardness.
Other meanings
any item made of this metal, particularly including
bladed or pointed weapons, as swords, javelins, daggers.
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "stīele".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “steel” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.