Phrase guide

stainless steel

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any of a class of steels that resist corrosion; they are all alloys of iron, chromium, and carbon, and most also contain certain other elements as well (such as molybdenum, nickel, cobalt, or others).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Near-synonym: CRES (broadly synonymous)

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: SS, stainless, inox, CRES[Appendix:Glossary

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: alloy steel, steel, metal, material

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noun

Meaning 2

steel containing chromium that makes it resistant to corrosion

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: stainless, chromium steel

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: alloy steel

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

81 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Southern Altai: татабас болот (tatabas bolot) — corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • Arabic: فُولَاذ مُقَاوِم لِلصَّدَأ (fūlāḏ muqāwim li-ṣ-ṣadaʔ) — corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • Bengali: মরিচারোধক ইস্পাত (moricarōdhok iśpat) — corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • Bulgarian: неръждаема стомана (nerǎždaema stomana) — corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • Catalan: acer inoxidable — corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不鏽鋼 /不锈钢 (búxiùgāng) — corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • Czech: nerez — corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • Czech: nerezavějící ocel — corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • Danish: rustfrit stål — corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • Dutch: roestvrij staal — corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • Dutch: edelstaal — corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • Dutch: roestvast staal — corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • Dutch: rvs — corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • Finnish: ruostumaton teräs — corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • Finnish: ruostumaton — corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • Finnish: rosteri — corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • French: acier inoxydable — corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • French: inox — corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • Galician: aceiro inoxidábel — corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • Galician: aceiro inoxidable — corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • German: Edelstahl — corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • Greek: ανοξείδωτο ατσάλι (anoxeídoto atsáli) — corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • Gujarati: કાટરોધક પોલાદ (kāṭrodhak polād) — corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • Hungarian: rozsdamentes acél — corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • Icelandic: ryðfrítt stál — corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • Indonesian: baja nirkarat — corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • Irish: cruach dhosmálta — corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • Italian: acciaio inossidabile — corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • Italian: acciaio inox — corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • Japanese: 不銹鋼 (fushūkō) — corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • Japanese: 不錆鋼 (fuseikō) — corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • Japanese: ステンレス鋼 (sutenresu-kō) — corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • Japanese: ステンレススチール (sutenresu-suchīru) — corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • Japanese: ステンレス・スティール (sutenresu-sutīru) — corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • Japanese: ステンレス (sutenresu) — corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • Japanese: SUS (sasu) — corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • Korean: 불수강 (bulsugang) — corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • Korean: 스테인리스강 (seuteilliseugang) — corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • Korean: 스테인리스 스틸 (seuteinriseu seutil) — corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • Macedonian: не’рѓосувачки челик (ne’rǵosuvački čelik) — corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • Malay: keluli tahan karat — corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • Māori: maitai waikurakore — corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • Norwegian Bokmål: rustfritt stål — corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: rustfritt stål — corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • Persian: فولاد ضد زنگ (fulâd-e zedd-e zang) — corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • Persian: استیل (estil) — corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • Polish: stal nierdzewna — corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • Polish: inox — corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • Portuguese: aço inoxidável — corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • Russian: нержаве́ющая сталь (neržavéjuščaja stalʹ) — corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • Russian: нержаве́йка (neržavéjka) — corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • Slovak: nehrdzavejúca oceľ — corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • Slovak: antikoro — corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • Lower Sorbian: wuběrny stal — corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • Upper Sorbian: drohi wocl — corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • Upper Sorbian: drohowocl — corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • Spanish: acero inoxidable — corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • Swedish: rostfritt stål — corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • Thai: เหล็กกล้าไร้สนิม (lèk-glâa-rái-sà-nǐm) — corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • Turkish: paslanmaz çelik — corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • Vietnamese: i-nốc — corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • Welsh: dur gloyw — corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • Welsh: dur di-staen — corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • Bulgarian: от неръждаваема стомана (ot nerǎždavaema stomana) — made of corrosion-free ferrous alloy; [made of] corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不鏽鋼 /不锈钢 (búxiùgāng) — made of corrosion-free ferrous alloy; [made of] corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • Finnish: ruostumaton teräs- — made of corrosion-free ferrous alloy; [made of] corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • Finnish: rosterinen — made of corrosion-free ferrous alloy; [made of] corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • French: d'acier inoxydable — made of corrosion-free ferrous alloy; [made of] corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • French: en acier inoxydable — made of corrosion-free ferrous alloy; [made of] corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • French: inox — made of corrosion-free ferrous alloy; [made of] corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • Galician: de aceiro inoxidábel — made of corrosion-free ferrous alloy; [made of] corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • Greek: ανοξείδωτος χάλυβας (anoxeídotos chályvas) — made of corrosion-free ferrous alloy; [made of] corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • Italian: d'acciaio inossidabile — made of corrosion-free ferrous alloy; [made of] corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • Italian: in acciaio inossidabile — made of corrosion-free ferrous alloy; [made of] corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • Macedonian: од не’рѓосувачки челик (od ne’rǵosuvački čelik) — made of corrosion-free ferrous alloy; [made of] corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • Persian: استیل (estil) — made of corrosion-free ferrous alloy; [made of] corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • Polish: nierdzewny — made of corrosion-free ferrous alloy; [made of] corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • Russian: из нержавеющей стали (iz neržavejuščej stali) — made of corrosion-free ferrous alloy; [made of] corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • Spanish: de acero inoxidable — made of corrosion-free ferrous alloy; [made of] corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • Swedish: i rostfritt stål — made of corrosion-free ferrous alloy; [made of] corrosion-free ferrous alloy
  • Turkish: paslanmaz çelik — made of corrosion-free ferrous alloy; [made of] corrosion-free ferrous alloy