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carbon steel

noun

steel owing its properties principally to its carbon content; ordinary, unalloyed steel.

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Origin of carbon steel

First recorded in 1900–05

Words nearby carbon steel

carbon paper, carbon process, carbon sequestration, carbon sink, carbon star, carbon steel, carbon tax, carbon tetrachloride, carbon tissue, carbon trading, carbon value
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British Dictionary definitions for carbon steel

carbon steel

noun

steel whose characteristics are determined by the amount of carbon it contains
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