Steel vs. Brass

Steelnoun

An artificial metal produced from iron, harder and more elastic than elemental iron; used figuratively as a symbol of hardness.

Steelnoun

(countable) Any item made of this metal, particularly including:

Steelnoun

Bladed or pointed weapons, as swords, javelins, daggers.

Steelnoun

A piece used for striking sparks from flint.

Steelnoun

Armor.

Steelnoun

A honing steel, a tool used to sharpen or hone metal blades.

Steelnoun

(sewing) Pieces used to strengthen, support, or expand an item of clothing.

Steelnoun

(dialectal) A flat iron.

Steelnoun

A sewing needle; a knitting needle; a sharp metal stylus.

Steelnoun

(printing) An engraving plate:

Steelnoun

Projectiles.

Steelnoun

(sewing) A fringe of beads or decoration of this metal.

Steelnoun

A type of slide used while playing the steel guitar.

Steelnoun

Medicinal consumption of this metal; chalybeate medicine; (eventually) any iron or iron-treated water consumed as a medical treatment.

Steelnoun

(countable) Varieties of this metal.

Steelnoun

The gray hue of this metal; steel-gray, or steel blue.

Steelnoun

(figurative) Extreme hardness or resilience.

Steeladjective

Made of steel.

Steeladjective

Similar to steel in color, strength, or the like; steely.

Steeladjective

(business) Of or belonging to the manufacture or trade in steel.

Steeladjective

Containing steel.

Steeladjective

(printing) Engraved on steel.

Steelverb

(transitive) To edge, cover, or point with steel.

Steelverb

(transitive) To harden or strengthen; to nerve or make obdurate; to fortify against.

Steelverb

To back with steel.

Steelverb

To treat a liquid with steel for medicinal purposes.

Steelverb

To press with a flat iron.

Steelverb

To cause to resemble steel in appearance.

Steelverb

(transitive) To steelify; to turn iron into steel.

Steelverb

(transitive) To electroplate an item, particularly an engraving plate, with a layer of iron.

Steelverb

(transitive) To sharpen with a honing steel.

Steelproper noun

Coldbath Fields Prison in London, closed in 1877.

Steelnoun

A variety of iron intermediate in composition and properties between wrought iron and cast iron (containing between one half of one per cent and one and a half per cent of carbon), and consisting of an alloy of iron with an iron carbide. Steel, unlike wrought iron, can be tempered, and retains magnetism. Its malleability decreases, and fusibility increases, with an increase in carbon.

Steelnoun

An instrument or implement made of steel

Steelnoun

A weapon, as a sword, dagger, etc.

Steelnoun

Fig.: Anything of extreme hardness; that which is characterized by sternness or rigor.

Steelnoun

An instrument of steel (usually a round rod) for sharpening knives.

Steelnoun

A chalybeate medicine.

Steelnoun

A piece of steel for striking sparks from flint.

Steelverb

To overlay, point, or edge with steel; as, to steel a razor; to steel an ax.

Steelverb

To make hard or strong; hence, to make insensible or obdurate.

Steelverb

To cause to resemble steel, as in smoothness, polish, or other qualities.

Steelverb

To cover, as an electrotype plate, with a thin layer of iron by electrolysis. The iron thus deposited is very hard, like steel.

Steelnoun

an alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon; widely used in construction; mechanical properties can be varied over a wide range

Steelnoun

a cutting or thrusting weapon with a long blade

Steelnoun

knife sharpener consisting of a ridged steel rod

Steelverb

get ready for something difficult or unpleasant

Steelverb

cover, plate, or edge with steel

Steelnoun

a hard, strong grey or bluish-grey alloy of iron with carbon and usually other elements, used as a structural and fabricating material

Steelnoun

used as a symbol or embodiment of strength and firmness

Steelnoun

a rod of roughened steel on which knives are sharpened.

Steelverb

mentally prepare (oneself) to do or face something difficult

Steel

Steel is an alloy made up of iron with typically a few tenths of a percent of carbon to improve its strength and fracture resistance compared to iron. Many other elements may be present or added.

Brassnoun

(uncountable) A metallic alloy of copper and zinc used in many industrial and plumbing applications.

Brassnoun

A memorial or sepulchral tablet usually made of brass or latten

Brassnoun

Fittings, utensils, or other items made of brass

Brassnoun

A class of wind instruments, usually made of metal (such as brass), that use vibrations of the player's lips to produce sound.

Brassnoun

Spent shell casings (usually made of brass); the part of the cartridge left over after bullets have been fired.

Brassnoun

(uncountable) The colour of brass.

Brassnoun

High-ranking officers.

Brassnoun

A brave or foolhardy attitude; impudence.

Brassnoun

Money.

Brassnoun

Inferior composition.

Brassnoun

Brass in pocket; money.

Brassnoun

A brass nail; a prostitute.

Brassadjective

Made of brass, of or pertaining to brass.

Brassadjective

Of the colour of brass.

Brassadjective

(informal) Impertinent, bold: brazen.

Brassadjective

(slang) Bad, annoying; as wordplay applied especially to brass instruments.

Brassadjective

Of inferior composition.

Brassadjective

(slang) Brass monkey; cold.

Brassverb

to coat with brass

Brassnoun

An alloy (usually yellow) of copper and zinc, in variable proportion, but often containing two parts of copper to one part of zinc. It sometimes contains tin, and rarely other metals.

Brassnoun

A journal bearing, so called because frequently made of brass. A brass is often lined with a softer metal, when the latter is generally called a white metal lining. See Axle box, Journal Box, and Bearing.

Brassnoun

Coin made of copper, brass, or bronze.

Brassnoun

Impudence; a brazen face.

Brassnoun

Utensils, ornaments, or other articles of brass.

Brassnoun

A brass plate engraved with a figure or device. Specifically, one used as a memorial to the dead, and generally having the portrait, coat of arms, etc.

Brassnoun

Lumps of pyrites or sulphuret of iron, the color of which is near to that of brass.

Brassnoun

an alloy of copper and zinc

Brassnoun

a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece

Brassnoun

the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something;

Brassnoun

impudent aggressiveness;

Brassnoun

an ornament or utensil made of brass

Brassnoun

the section of a band or orchestra that plays brass instruments

Brassnoun

a memorial made of brass

Brass

Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc, in proportions which can be varied to achieve varying mechanical, electrical, and chemical properties. It is a substitutional alloy: atoms of the two constituents may replace each other within the same crystal structure.