soft steel
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of soft steel
First recorded in 1865–70
Example Sentences
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Radus began by building an unusually strong magnet, a slice of ceramic material sandwiched between flat plates of soft steel.
From Time Magazine Archive
Swords rode on their hips, singing their soft steel song as they rattled in their scabbards.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
A small fine file is very effectual in giving an edge to tools of soft steel.
From The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries by Galton, Francis, Sir
Owing to the method of its production, it might in truth be called a soft steel with a very small percentage of combined carbon.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" by Various
Next, this hardened transfer roller is impressed upon the printing plate of soft steel as many times as there are copies desired.
From Canada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery by Howes, Clifton Armstrong
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