steel wool

steel wool
noun
a mass of woven steel fibers used as an abrasive
• Syn: ↑wire wool
• Hypernyms: ↑abrasive, ↑abradant, ↑abrasive material

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noun
: an abrasive material composed of long fine steel shavings and used especially for scouring and burnishing

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a tangled or matted mass of stringlike steel shavings, used for scouring, polishing, smoothing, etc.
[1895-1900]

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steel wool noun
Steel shavings used for cleaning and polishing
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Main Entry: ↑steel

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steel wool UK US noun [uncountable]
wire wool
Thesaurus: machines and equipment used for cleaninghyponym

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steel wool,
a mass of long, fine steel shavings, used for cleaning or polishing surfaces.

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n. fine strands of steel matted together into a mass, used as an abrasive

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noun [noncount]
: long threads of metal that are wound together to form a rough pad which is used for cleaning and polishing things

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ˌsteel ˈwool [steel wool] (BrE also ˌwire ˈwool) noun uncountable
a mass of fine steel threads that you use for cleaning pots and pans, making surfaces smooth, etc.
See also: ↑wire wool

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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