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How to pronounce “steel

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Pronunciation guide for steel

Learning goal
Practice the English pronunciation of steel with real speech in context.
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8 YouTube examples
Real speech example
The Importance of Women Leaders & High Achieversfamous steel ceiling, as I call it. So, you know, I had the corporate experience of understanding
Definition summary
(countable, uncountable) An artificial metal produced from iron, harder and more elastic than elemental iron; used figuratively as a symbol of hardness.

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How to pronounce steel

The Importance of Women Leaders & High Achievers

famous steel ceiling, as I call it. So, you know, I had the corporate experience of understanding

Example Sentences

A Deep Dive Into “steel

Meaning

  • [Noun]
  • (countable, uncountable) An artificial metal produced from iron, harder and more elastic than elemental iron; used figuratively as a symbol of hardness.
  • (countable) Any item made of this metal, particularly including:
  • (uncountable, medicine, obsolete) Medicinal consumption of this metal; chalybeate medicine; (eventually) any iron or iron-treated water consumed as a medical treatment.
  • (uncountable, colors) The gray hue of this metal; steel-gray, or steel blue.
  • (figurative) Extreme hardness or resilience.
  • [Adjective]
  • Made of steel.
  • Similar to steel in color, strength, or the like; steely.
  • (business) Of or belonging to the manufacture or trade in steel.
  • (medicine, obsolete) Containing steel.
  • (printing) Engraved on steel.
  • [Verb]
  • (literally) To treat, furnish with, or transform into steel.
  • (figuratively) To cause to resemble steel.
  • (dialectal) To press with a flat iron.

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