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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

Big Steel's small but still significant retreat came one week after its announcement of price increases ranging as high as 8% on some basic steel products.

From Time Magazine Archive

Steel demand tapered as the strike threat faded, and import competition remained stiff, serving to dampen any inclination toward rises in basic steel prices.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Delafond, of Creuzot, and others, the basic steel is peculiarly suitable on account of its remarkable regularity.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 388, June 9, 1883 by Various