adj
Meaning 1
Made of steel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Standard Lemma guide
steel
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stēl
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[stiːɫ]
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homophone: steal
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adj
Meaning 2
Similar to steel in color, strength, or the like; steely.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Meaning 3
Of or belonging to the manufacture or trade in steel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: business
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adj
Meaning 4
Containing steel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, obsolete
Topics: medicine, sciences
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adj
Meaning 5
Engraved on steel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: media, printing, publishing
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name
Meaning 6
Coldbath Fields Prison in London, closed in 1877.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, obsolete, slang, transitive
Qualifier: crime
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name
Meaning 7
A surname.
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name
Meaning 8
Bridewell Prison in London, England.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, historical, obsolete, slang
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noun
Meaning 9
An artificial metal produced from iron, harder and more elastic than elemental iron; used figuratively as a symbol of hardness.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 10
Any item made of this metal, particularly including:
Bladed or pointed weapons, as swords, javelins, daggers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: cold weapon, white arm
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noun
Meaning 11
Any item made of this metal, particularly including:
A piece used for striking sparks from flint or ferrocerium.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: firesteel, striker, firestriker
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 12
Any item made of this metal, particularly including:
Armor.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 13
Any item made of this metal, particularly including:
A honing steel, a tool used to sharpen or hone metal blades.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 14
Any item made of this metal, particularly including:
Pieces used to strengthen, support, or expand an item of clothing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: business, manufacturing, sewing, textiles
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noun
Meaning 15
Any item made of this metal, particularly including:
A flat iron.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, dialectal, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 16
Any item made of this metal, particularly including:
A sewing needle; a knitting needle; a sharp metal stylus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, dialectal, uncountable
Topics: business, manufacturing, sewing, textiles
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noun
Meaning 17
Any item made of this metal, particularly including:
An engraving plate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: media, printing, publishing
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noun
Meaning 18
Any item made of this metal, particularly including:
Projectiles.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 19
Any item made of this metal, particularly including:
A fringe of beads or decoration of this metal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: business, manufacturing, sewing, textiles
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noun
Meaning 20
Any item made of this metal, particularly including:
A type of slide used while playing the steel guitar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: entertainment, guitar, lifestyle, music
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noun
Meaning 21
Medicinal consumption of this metal; chalybeate medicine; (eventually) any iron or iron-treated water consumed as a medical treatment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
Meaning 22
The gray hue of this metal; steel-gray, or steel blue.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Qualifier: colors
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noun
Meaning 23
Extreme hardness or resilience.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, figuratively, uncountable
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verb
Meaning 24
To treat, furnish with, or transform into steel.
To edge, cover, or point with steel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: literally, transitive
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verb
Meaning 25
To treat, furnish with, or transform into steel.
To back with steel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: literally, obsolete, transitive
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verb
Meaning 26
To treat, furnish with, or transform into steel.
To treat a liquid with steel for medicinal purposes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: literally, obsolete, transitive
Topics: medicine, sciences
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verb
Meaning 27
To treat, furnish with, or transform into steel.
To electroplate an item (particularly an engraving plate) with a layer of iron.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: literally, transitive
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verb
Meaning 28
To treat, furnish with, or transform into steel.
To sharpen with a honing steel.
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Usage: literally, transitive
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verb
Meaning 29
To treat, furnish with, or transform into steel.
To steelify; to turn iron into steel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: literally, transitive
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verb
Meaning 30
To cause to resemble steel.
To harden or strengthen; to nerve or make obdurate; to fortify against.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, transitive
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verb
Meaning 31
To cause to resemble steel.
To give (something) the appearance of steel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, literary, poetic, transitive
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verb
Meaning 32
To press with a flat iron.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal, transitive
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noun
Meaning 33
knife sharpener consisting of a ridged steel rod
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: sharpener
noun
Meaning 34
a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: sword, blade, brand
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: weapon, arm, weapon system
Narrower terms: backsword, broadsword, cavalry sword, saber, sabre, cutlas, cutlass, falchion, fencing sword, rapier, tuck, Excalibur
noun
Meaning 35
an alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon; widely used in construction; mechanical properties can be varied over a wide range
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
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Broader terms: alloy, metal
Narrower terms: alloy steel, austenitic steel, case-hardened steel, carbon steel, crucible steel, Damascus steel, Damask steel, chisel steel, hard steel, medium steel, mild steel, low-carbon steel, soft-cast steel, quenched steel, structural steel
verb
Meaning 36
cover, plate, or edge with steel
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: cover
verb
Meaning 37
get ready for something difficult or unpleasant
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: nerve
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: brace, poise
History
Etymology
From Middle English stele, stel, from Old English stīele, from Proto-West Germanic *stahlī (“something made of steel”), enlargement of *stahl (“steel”), from Proto-Germanic *stahlą, from *stah- or *stag- (“to be firm, rigid”), from Proto-Indo-European *stak- (“to stay, to be firm”). Compare Scots stele, Yola stehli, German Stahl, Dutch staal, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish stål.
From French Bastille (a French prison).
From Bastille.
Across languages
Translations
283 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: стоманен (stomanen) — made of steel
- Czech: ocelový — made of steel
- Esperanto: ŝtala — made of steel
- Finnish: teräksinen — made of steel
- German: stählern — made of steel
- Latin: chalybēïus — made of steel
- Macedonian: челичен (čeličen) — made of steel
- Malayalam: ഉരുക്ക് (urukkŭ) — made of steel
- Old English: stīelen — made of steel
- Polish: stalowy — made of steel
- Russian: стально́й (stalʹnój) — made of steel
- Spanish: acerado — made of steel
- Ukrainian: стале́вий (stalévyj) — made of steel
- Ukrainian: стальни́й (stalʹnýj) — made of steel
- Ukrainian: стальо́вий (stalʹóvyj) — made of steel
- Ukrainian: кри́це́вий (krýcévyj) — made of steel
- Bulgarian: стоманен (stomanen) — similar to steel in color, strength, or the like
- Spanish: acerado — similar to steel in color, strength, or the like
- Ukrainian: стале́вий (stalévyj) — similar to steel in color, strength, or the like
- Ukrainian: стальни́й (stalʹnýj) — similar to steel in color, strength, or the like
- Ukrainian: стальо́вий (stalʹóvyj) — similar to steel in color, strength, or the like
- Ukrainian: кри́це́вий (krýcévyj) — similar to steel in color, strength, or the like
- Abaza: джыр (džər) — metal produced from iron
- Abkhaz: аџыр (adẑər) — metal produced from iron
- Afrikaans: staal — metal produced from iron
- Albanian: acar — metal produced from iron
- Albanian: çelik — metal produced from iron
- Albanian: arënx — metal produced from iron
- Southern Altai: болот (bolot) — metal produced from iron
- Southern Altai: болоды (bolodï) — metal produced from iron
- Amharic: ንጥር ብረት (nəṭr bərät) — metal produced from iron
- Amharic: ዐረብ ብረት (ʿäräb bərät) — metal produced from iron
- Arabic: فُولَاذ (fūlāḏ) — metal produced from iron
- Aragonese: acero — metal produced from iron
- Armenian: պողպատ (poġpat) — metal produced from iron
- Aromanian: cilechi (roa-rup) — metal produced from iron
- Aromanian: ciulichi — metal produced from iron
- Aromanian: cilíche — metal produced from iron
- Asturian: aceru — metal produced from iron
- Azerbaijani: polad — metal produced from iron
- Bashkir: ҡорос (qoros) — metal produced from iron
- Basque: altzairu — metal produced from iron
- Bats: ფოლად (polad) — metal produced from iron
- Belarusian: сталь (stalʹ) — metal produced from iron
- Bengali: ইস্পাত (iśpat) — metal produced from iron
- Breton: dir — metal produced from iron
- Bulgarian: стома́на (stomána) — metal produced from iron
- Burmese: သံမဏိ (samma.ni.) — metal produced from iron
- Buryat: булад (bulad) — metal produced from iron
- Catalan: acer — metal produced from iron
- Cebuano: asero — metal produced from iron
- Cebuano: asiro — metal produced from iron
- Cebuano: aserawo — metal produced from iron
- Cebuano: puthaw — metal produced from iron
- Chechen: бо̄лат (boolat) — metal produced from iron
- Chinese Cantonese: 鋼 /钢 (gong1, gong3) — metal produced from iron
- Chinese Cantonese: 鋼鐵 /钢铁 (gong3 tit3) — metal produced from iron
- Chinese Mandarin: 鋼 /钢 (gāng) — metal produced from iron
- Chinese Mandarin: 鋼鐵 /钢铁 (gāngtiě) — metal produced from iron
- Chuvash: хурҫӑ (hurś̬ă) — metal produced from iron
- East Circassian: жыр (žər) — metal produced from iron
- West Circassian: шыр (šər) — metal produced from iron
- West Circassian: щылыч (śələč) — metal produced from iron
- West Circassian: жыр (žər) — metal produced from iron
- Cornish: dur — metal produced from iron
- Corsican: acciaghju — metal produced from iron
- Corsican: acciaru — metal produced from iron
- Crimean Tatar: челик (çelik) — metal produced from iron
- Crimean Tatar: болат (bolat) — metal produced from iron
- Crimean Tatar: çelik — metal produced from iron
- Crimean Tatar: bolat — metal produced from iron
- Czech: ocel — metal produced from iron
- Danish: stål — metal produced from iron
- Dhivehi: އެކަތަ (ekata) — metal produced from iron
- Dutch: staal — metal produced from iron
- Emilian: azär — metal produced from iron
- Tundra Enets: бяси (bjasi) — metal produced from iron
- Erzya: стал (stal) — metal produced from iron
- Erzya: уклат (uklat) — metal produced from iron
- Esperanto: ŝtalo — metal produced from iron
- Estonian: teras — metal produced from iron
- Evenki: уклэт (uklət) — metal produced from iron
- Evenki: сталь (stal’) — metal produced from iron
- Evenki: болот (bolot) — metal produced from iron
- Faroese: stál — metal produced from iron
- Finnish: teräs — metal produced from iron
- French: acier — metal produced from iron
- West-Frisian: steal — metal produced from iron
- Friulian: açâr — metal produced from iron
- Friulian: açâl — metal produced from iron
- Gagauz: çelik — metal produced from iron
- Galician: aceiro — metal produced from iron
- Georgian: ფოლადი (poladi) — metal produced from iron
- German: Stahl — metal produced from iron
- Greek: χάλυβας (chályvas) — metal produced from iron
- Greek: ατσάλι (atsáli) — metal produced from iron
- Ancient Greek: χάλυψ (khálups) — metal produced from iron
- Gujarati: પોલાદ (polād) — metal produced from iron
- Haitian Creole: asye — metal produced from iron
- Hawaiian: kila — metal produced from iron
- Hebrew: פְּלָדָה (pladá) — metal produced from iron
- Higaonon: puthaw — metal produced from iron
- Hiligaynon: aséro — metal produced from iron
- Hindi: इस्पात (ispāt) — metal produced from iron
- Hindi: फ़ूलाद (fūlād) — metal produced from iron
- Hindi: फ़ौलाद (faulād) — metal produced from iron
- Hittite: 𒆠𒅅𒇻𒁀 (ki-ik-lu-ba) — metal produced from iron
- Hungarian: acél — metal produced from iron
- Iban: bari — metal produced from iron
- Iban: baja — metal produced from iron
- Icelandic: stál — metal produced from iron
- Ido: stalo — metal produced from iron
- Indonesian: baja — metal produced from iron
- Ingrian: teräs — metal produced from iron
- Ingush: болат (bolat) — metal produced from iron
- Interlingua: aciero — metal produced from iron
- Irish: cruach — metal produced from iron
- Italian: acciaio — metal produced from iron
- Japanese: 鋼鉄 (kōtetsu) — metal produced from iron
- Japanese: はがね (hagane) — metal produced from iron
- Kalmyk: болд (bold) — metal produced from iron
- Kannada: ಉಕ್ಕು (ukku) — metal produced from iron
- Karachay-Balkar: къурч (qurç) — metal produced from iron
- Karelian: stali — metal produced from iron
- Kazakh: болат (bolat) — metal produced from iron
- Khakas: молат (molat) — metal produced from iron
- Northern Khanty: тарм карты (tarm karty) — metal produced from iron
- Northern Khanty: этап карты (etap karty) — metal produced from iron
- Khmer: ដែកថែប (daek thaep) — metal produced from iron
- Korean: 강철 (gangcheol) — metal produced from iron
- Kumyk: болат (bolat) — metal produced from iron
- Central Kurdish: پۆڵا (polla) — metal produced from iron
- Northern Kurdish: pola — metal produced from iron
- Kyrgyz: болот (bolot) — metal produced from iron
- Ladin: azal — metal produced from iron
- Lak: чаннан (čannan) — metal produced from iron
- Lao: ເຫລັກກ້າ (lek kā) — metal produced from iron
- Latin: chalybs — metal produced from iron
- Latin: aciarium — metal produced from iron
- Latvian: tērauds — metal produced from iron
- Lezgi: гьулдан (huldan) — metal produced from iron
- Limburgish: staol — metal produced from iron
- Lithuanian: plienas — metal produced from iron
- Livonian: tierōda — metal produced from iron
- Lombard: assàl — metal produced from iron
- Lombard: azzal — metal produced from iron
- Lombard: azal — metal produced from iron
- Low German: Stahl — metal produced from iron
- Lü: ᦵᦜᧅᦂᦱᧉ (l̇ekk̇aa2) — metal produced from iron
- Luxembourgish: Stol — metal produced from iron
- Macedonian: че́лик (čélik) — metal produced from iron
- Maguindanao: wagia — metal produced from iron
- Maithili: इसपात (isəpāt) — metal produced from iron
- Malagasy: tsy — metal produced from iron
- Malagasy: vy mahery — metal produced from iron
- Malay: keluli — metal produced from iron
- Malay: baja — metal produced from iron
- Malay: besi baja — metal produced from iron
- Malay: besi waja — metal produced from iron
- Malay: besi melela — metal produced from iron
- Malay: setal — metal produced from iron
- Malayalam: ഉരുക്ക് (urukkŭ) — metal produced from iron
- Maltese: azzar — metal produced from iron
- Manx: staillinagh — metal produced from iron
- Manx: staillin — metal produced from iron
- Māori: tīra — metal produced from iron
- Māori: maitai — metal produced from iron
- Maranao: wadiya — metal produced from iron
- Marathi: पोलाद (polād) — metal produced from iron
- Eastern Mari: вурс (vurs) — metal produced from iron
- Central Melanau: baja — metal produced from iron
- Mingrelian: ფულანდი (pulandi) — metal produced from iron
- Mirandese: aço — metal produced from iron
- Mon: က္ဍာၚ် (daiŋ) — metal produced from iron
- Mongolian: ган (gan) — metal produced from iron
- Mongolian: болд (bold) — metal produced from iron
- Nanai: ган (gan) — metal produced from iron
- Navajo: béésh ntłʼizígíí — metal produced from iron
- Neapolitan: acciaro — metal produced from iron
- Tundra Nenets: сиеся (siesja) — metal produced from iron
- Norman: acyi — metal produced from iron
- Norwegian Bokmål: stål — metal produced from iron
- Norwegian Nynorsk: stål — metal produced from iron
- Occitan: acièr — metal produced from iron
- Occitan: acèr — metal produced from iron
- Old English: stīele — metal produced from iron
- Ossetian: ӕндон (ændon) — metal produced from iron
- Ossetian: болат (bolat) — metal produced from iron
- Pannonian Rusyn: челїк (čeljik) — metal produced from iron
- Iranian Persian: فولاد (fulâd) — metal produced from iron
- Iranian Persian: پولاد (pulâd) — metal produced from iron
- Piedmontese: assel — metal produced from iron
- Polish: stal — metal produced from iron
- Portuguese: aço — metal produced from iron
- Réunion Creole French: lasié — metal produced from iron
- Réunion Creole French: lasyé — metal produced from iron
- Romanian: oțel — metal produced from iron
- Romansh: atschal — metal produced from iron
- Romansh: itschal — metal produced from iron
- Romansh: atschel — metal produced from iron
- Russian: сталь (stalʹ) — metal produced from iron
- Samoan: sila — metal produced from iron
- Scottish Gaelic: stàilinn — metal produced from iron
- Serbo-Croatian: челик — metal produced from iron
- Serbo-Croatian: надо — metal produced from iron
- Serbo-Croatian: оцјел — metal produced from iron
- Serbo-Croatian: čelik — metal produced from iron
- Serbo-Croatian: nado — metal produced from iron
- Serbo-Croatian: ocjel — metal produced from iron
- Shan: သမ်ႇမၼီႉ (sàm mǎ nḭ̂i) — metal produced from iron
- Sicilian: azzaru — metal produced from iron
- Slovak: oceľ — metal produced from iron
- Slovene: jeklo — metal produced from iron
- Lower Sorbian: stal — metal produced from iron
- Upper Sorbian: wocl — metal produced from iron
- Spanish: acero — metal produced from iron
- Sundanese: waja — metal produced from iron
- Svan: ფოლა̈დ (poläd) — metal produced from iron
- Swahili: feleji — metal produced from iron
- Swahili: chuma cha pua — metal produced from iron
- Swedish: stål — metal produced from iron
- Tagalog: paslip — metal produced from iron
- Tagalog: asero — metal produced from iron
- Tagalog: patalim — metal produced from iron
- Tahitian: ʻāuri — metal produced from iron
- Tajik: пӯлод (pülod) — metal produced from iron
- Tamil: எஃகு (eḥku) — metal produced from iron
- Tamil: உருக்கு (urukku) — metal produced from iron
- Tatar: корыч (qorıç) — metal produced from iron
- Telugu: ఉక్కు (ukku) — metal produced from iron
- Thai: เหล็ก (lèk) — metal produced from iron
- Thai: เหล็กกล้า (lèk-glâa) — metal produced from iron
- Tibetan: ངར་ལྕགས (ngar lcags) — metal produced from iron
- Tigrinya: ኣቻዮ (ʾačayo) — metal produced from iron
- Tongan: sitila — metal produced from iron
- Turkish: çelik — metal produced from iron
- Turkmen: polat — metal produced from iron
- Tuvan: булат (bulat) — metal produced from iron
- Tuvan: каң (kañ) — metal produced from iron
- Udmurt: андан (andan) — metal produced from iron
- Udmurt: сталь (staľ) — metal produced from iron
- Ukrainian: сталь (stalʹ) — metal produced from iron
- Ukrainian: кри́ця (krýcja) — metal produced from iron
- Urdu: اِسْپات (ispāt) — metal produced from iron
- Urdu: فَولاد (faulād) — metal produced from iron
- Urdu: فُولاد (fūlād) — metal produced from iron
- Uyghur: پولات (polat) — metal produced from iron
- Uzbek: poʻlat — metal produced from iron
- Venetan: açal — metal produced from iron
- Venetan: çal — metal produced from iron
- Venetan: azhal — metal produced from iron
- Venetan: asal — metal produced from iron
- Veps: teraz — metal produced from iron
- Vietnamese: thép — metal produced from iron
- Vilamovian: śtöł — metal produced from iron
- Volapük: stal — metal produced from iron
- Võro: teräs — metal produced from iron
- Welsh: dur — metal produced from iron
- Welsh: stil — metal produced from iron
- West Flemish: stoal — metal produced from iron
- Xhosa: isinyithi — metal produced from iron
- Xhosa: isitali — metal produced from iron
- Yakut: ыстаал (ïstaal) — metal produced from iron
- Yiddish: שטאָל (shtol) — metal produced from iron
- Yoruba: irin — metal produced from iron
- Zazaki: çalıg — metal produced from iron
- Zulu: isitili — metal produced from iron
- Bulgarian: точи́ло (točílo) — honing steel
- Catalan: xaira — honing steel
- Czech: ocílka — honing steel
- French: fusil — honing steel
- Macedonian: о́стрило (óstrilo) — honing steel
- Spanish: chaira — honing steel
- Zazaki: sitıl — honing steel
- Bulgarian: втвърдявам се (vtvǎrdjavam se) — To harden or strengthen; to nerve or to fortify against, to brace oneself.
- Catalan: acerar — To harden or strengthen; to nerve or to fortify against, to brace oneself.
- Czech: sebrat odvahu — To harden or strengthen; to nerve or to fortify against, to brace oneself.
- Czech: připravit se — To harden or strengthen; to nerve or to fortify against, to brace oneself.
- Czech: obrnit se — To harden or strengthen; to nerve or to fortify against, to brace oneself.
- French: aciérer — To harden or strengthen; to nerve or to fortify against, to brace oneself.
- Macedonian: челичи (čeliči) — To harden or strengthen; to nerve or to fortify against, to brace oneself.
- Māori: whakaniwha — To harden or strengthen; to nerve or to fortify against, to brace oneself.
- Swedish: stålsätta — To harden or strengthen; to nerve or to fortify against, to brace oneself.
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