tool steel


noun
  1. any of various high-carbon steels capable of being hardened and tempered to meet special requirements for machining, etc.

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How to use tool steel in a sentence

  • Two bits of tool steel are softened and turned on the lathe, one convex and the other concave.

    On Laboratory Arts | Richard Threlfall
  • Take a bar of tool steel and cut it a little longer than the radius of curvature required.

    On Laboratory Arts | Richard Threlfall
  • When the carbon percentage is high, the steel is called "high carbon" steel, and it is used in the shop as tool steel.

  • Presently his friend Derec came to see him in the tool-steel cell in which he had been placed.

    The Pirates of Ersatz | Murray Leinster
  • tool steel should be held in a perpendicular position when it enters the water to cool all sides alike.

    Farm Mechanics | Herbert A. Shearer

British Dictionary definitions for tool steel

tool steel

noun
  1. any of various steels whose hardness and ability to retain a cutting edge make them suitable for use in tools for cutting wood and metal

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