flat-rolled
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of flat-rolled
First recorded in 1930–35
Example Sentences
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Cleveland-Cliffs, the largest flat-rolled steel producer in North America, said on Sunday it offered to buy U.S.
From Reuters • Aug. 14, 2023
Cleveland-Cliffs is the largest producer of flat-rolled steel and iron in North America.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 13, 2023
The flat-rolled aluminum sheets are used in items such as gutters, street signs and electrical boxes.
From Washington Post • Nov. 28, 2017
Even the flat-rolled segment, which sells to the booming automotive industry and is supposed to be one of the company’s most lucrative units, lost money.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 4, 2015
The bay beneath them was like a huge silver shield, flat-rolled and glittering, inlaid with master cunning between wooded hills that swept away into mysterious distances, there to rise skyward in an ever-changing, ever-charming confusion.
From The Silver Horde by Beach, Rex Ellingwood
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