cement steel

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noun

steel produced by the cementation of wrought iron or mild steel.

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Also called converted steel.

Origin of cement steel

First recorded in 1880–85

Words nearby cement steel

cementoclast, cementocyte, cementodentinal junction, cementoenamel junction, cementoma, cement steel, cementum, cemeterial, cemetery, cen., cenacle

How to use cement steel in a sentence

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He was pinned to the cement for his refusal to go along with an arrest for selling loose cigarettes.
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Then, from a pocket inside his camouflage top, he pulled a hidden stainless steel flask.
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A leather swordbelt, gold-embroidered at the edges, carried a long steel-halted rapier in a leather scabbard chaped with steel.
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His nose was hooked and rather large, his eyes were blue, bright as steel, and set a trifle wide.
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A colossal steam "traveller" had ceaselessly carried great blocks of stone and long steel girders from point to point.
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He saw a large building, in front of which were long, slender strips of shining steel.
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Woe to the man that first did teach the cursed steel to bite in his own flesh, and make way to the living spirit.
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