TOOL STEEL

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Alloy steel that is suitable for making tools; is hard and tough and can retain a cutting edge

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("tool steel" is a kind of...):

alloy steel (steel who characteristics are determined by the addition of other elements in addition to carbon)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tool steel"):

high-speed steel; hot-work steel (an alloy steel that remains hard at a red heat; used to make metal-cutting tools)

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