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basic steel

American  

noun

  1. steel produced by the basic process.


Etymology

Origin of basic steel

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

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The associations said that their member companies employed more than one million Americans, compared with just 80,000 jobs in basic steel production.

From New York Times • Feb. 13, 2018

The basic steel industry in particular has slowed down to a marked degree, and is now operating on about a 60% capacity.

From Time Magazine Archive

To help pay the expense, the industry forthwith upped basic steel prices $3 a ton.

From Time Magazine Archive

If the savings to be divided grow big enough, the union will let Kaiser store up some of them to be used to pay any future increases in basic steel wages.

From Time Magazine Archive

Basic Slag, the slag or refuse-matter which is got in making basic steel, and which, from the phosphate of lime it contains, is a valuable fertilizer.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis by Various