cast steel
cast steel · cast steels
The steel making up a steel casting, in the sense of one cast to finished or near-net…The steel making up a steel casting, in the sense of one cast to finished (net) or near-net shape: the product of a steel foundry (as opposed to a steel mill); the steel counterpart to cast iron.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)The steel making up a steel casting, in the sense of one cast to finished (net) or near-net shape: the product of a steel foundry (as opposed to a steel mill); the steel counterpart to cast iron.
(archaic, countable, uncountable)Steel that has been poured from (cast out of) a vessel (e.g., crucible, ladle, or furnace) while molten, as opposed to blister steel, which has been formed by carburizing and hammering iron bars.
Forms
plural: cast steels| Singular | cast steel |
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Word family
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable