tungsten steel

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noun

an alloy steel containing tungsten.

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Origin of tungsten steel

First recorded in 1860–65

Words nearby tungsten steel

tungstate, tungsten, tungsten carbide, tungsten lamp, tungsten rating, tungsten steel, tungsten trioxide, tungstic, tungstic acid, tungstite, tungstous

How to use tungsten steel in a sentence

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The raw materials— tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold—were dubbed “conflict minerals.”
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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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British Dictionary definitions for tungsten steel

tungsten steel

noun

any of various hard steels containing tungsten (1–20 per cent) and traces of carbon. They are resistant to wear at high temperatures and are used in tools

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