STAINLESS STEEL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stainless steel mean? 

• STAINLESS STEEL (noun)
  The noun STAINLESS STEEL has 1 sense:

1. steel containing chromium that makes it resistant to corrosion

  Familiarity information: STAINLESS STEEL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STAINLESS STEEL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Steel containing chromium that makes it resistant to corrosion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

chromium steel; stainless; stainless steel

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

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

 Context examples 

A stainless steel needle that is slightly thicker than a human hair.

(Acupuncture needle, NCI Dictionary)

Chromium hexavalent compounds are used in stainless steel production, in chrome plating, in the manufacture of dyes and pigments, in leather tanning, in wood preservation and are used as corrosion inhibitors.

(Chromium Hexavalent Compound, NCI Thesaurus)

Nickel compounds are used in industry for electroplating, nickel-alloy production, stainless steel production, in batteries, in electronics, in the ceramic industry and as catalysts.

(Nickel Compound, NCI Thesaurus)

The scientists found that severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was detectable in aerosols for up to three hours, up to four hours on copper, up to 24 hours on cardboard and up to two to three days on plastic and stainless steel.

(New coronavirus stable for hours on surface, National Institutes of Health)