Steel

What “Steel” means

Noun

1. An artificial metal produced from iron, harder and more elastic than elemental iron; used figuratively as a symbol of hardness.
2. Any item made of this metal, particularly including:
3. Any item made of this metal, particularly including:
4. Any item made of this metal, particularly including:
5. Any item made of this metal, particularly including:

Adj

1. Made of steel.
2. Similar to steel in color, strength, or the like; steely.
3. Of or belonging to the manufacture or trade in steel.
4. Containing steel.
5. Engraved on steel.

Verb

1. To treat, furnish with, or transform into steel.
2. To treat, furnish with, or transform into steel.
3. To treat, furnish with, or transform into steel.
4. To treat, furnish with, or transform into steel.
5. To treat, furnish with, or transform into steel.

Name

1. Coldbath Fields Prison in London, closed in 1877.

Where the word comes from

From Middle English stele, stel, from Old English stīele, from Proto-West Germanic *stahlī (“something made of steel”), enlargement of *stahl (“steel”), from Proto-Germanic *stahlą, from *stah- or *stag- (“to be firm, rigid”), from Proto-Indo-European *stak- (“to stay, to be firm”). Compare Scots stele, Yola stehli, German Stahl, Dutch staal, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish stål.

From French Bastille (a French prison).

Business name ideas with “Steel”

Industries where “Steel” fits

We suggest this word for 192 business types and industries, including:

• Firearms Store
• Air and Gas Compressor Manufacturing
• Air-Conditioning and Warm Air Heating Equipment and Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing
• Aircraft Engine and Engine Parts Manufacturing
• Aircraft Manufacturing
• All Other Miscellaneous Electrical Equipment and Component Manufacturing
• All Other Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing
• All Other Miscellaneous General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing
• All Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing
• All Other Transportation Equipment Manufacturing
• Alumina Refining and Primary Aluminum Production
• Aluminum Foundries (except Die-Casting)
• Aluminum Sheet, Plate, and Foil Manufacturing
• Ammunition (except Small Arms) Manufacturing
• Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
• Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing
• Automatic Environmental Control Manufacturing for Residential, Commercial, and Appliance Use
• Automobile Manufacturing
• Ball and Roller Bearing Manufacturing
• Bare Printed Circuit Board Manufacturing
• Blank Magnetic and Optical Recording Media Manufacturing
• Blind and Shade Manufacturing
• Boat Building
• Bolt, Nut, Screw, Rivet, and Washer Manufacturing
• Broom, Brush, and Mop Manufacturing
• Burial Casket Manufacturing
• Capacitor, Resistor, Coil, Transformer, and Other Inductor Manufacturing
• Carbon and Graphite Product Manufacturing
• Commercial, Industrial, and Institutional Electric Lighting Fixture Manufacturing
• Computer Storage Device Manufacturing
• Computer Terminal and Other Computer Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing
• Construction Machinery Manufacturing
• Conveyor and Conveying Equipment Manufacturing
• Copper Rolling, Drawing, Extruding, and Alloying
• Current-Carrying Wiring Device Manufacturing
• Custom Architectural Woodwork and Millwork Manufacturing
• Custom Roll Forming
• Cutting Tool and Machine Tool Accessory Manufacturing
• Dental Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing
• Dental Laboratories