stainless steel

See also: stainless-steel

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stainless steel (countable and uncountable, plural stainless steels)

  2. Any of a class of steels that resist corrosion; they are all alloys of iron, chromium, and carbon, and most also contain certain other elements as well (such as molybdenum, nickel, cobalt, or others).
    Synonyms: SS, stainless (ellipsis)
    Hypernyms: alloy steel < steel < metal < material
    Coordinate term: carbon steel
    Near-synonym: CRES (broadly synonymous)
    • 2024 January 26, Madeline Holcombe and Sandee LaMotte, “Stanley and other drink cups contain lead. Should you be worried?”, in CNN‎[1]:
      Lead is used as part of the tumbler’s vacuum insulation and is covered by a stainless steel layer that protects consumers from lead exposure, according to the Stanley cup manufacturer, Pacific Market International.

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stainless steel (not comparable)

  1. (attributive) Made of stainless steel.
    Hypernym: steel (sometimes construed as coordinate)
    stainless steel cutlery
    • 1955 April, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 261:
      Equally I can stand in a station like Lucerne in Switzerland, and watch with ill-concealed admiration the majestic entry of one of the latest Gotthard "Ae 6/6" electrics, packing 6,000 horsepower within its 60 ft. of length and 121 tons of weight, with its sleek dark green sides and handsome stainless steel bands and front wings.

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