SPIEGEL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Pig iron containing manganese; used as a deoxidizing agent and to raise the manganese content in making steel

Synonyms:

spiegel; spiegel iron; spiegeleisen

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("spiegel" is a kind of...):

pig iron (crude iron tapped from a blast furnace)

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