Bessemer
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɛsəmə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɛsəmɚ/
Proper noun
Bessemer
- A surname, notably that of Henry Bessemer.
- A community in Hastings County, Ontario, Canada.
- A place in the United States:
- A city in Jefferson County, Alabama.
- A former city in Pueblo County, Colorado, now part of the city of Pueblo.
- A city, the county seat of Gogebic County, Michigan.
- A township in Gogebic County, Michigan.
- An unincorporated community in Athens County, Ohio.
- A borough in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania.
- A populated place in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
Derived terms
- Bessemer copper
- Bessemer process
- Bessemer steel
- non-Bessemer
Noun
Bessemer (uncountable)
- Ellipsis of Bessemer steel.
- 1884, United States Congressional Serial Set, volume 2219, page 118:
- On the other hand, a steel manufacturer who does not make Bessemer is said to have "boasted" — that was the word used — that he had bought steel for $50 per ton and sold it for $250.