mild steel
nounDefinition of mild steel
: a low-carbon structural steel that is easily worked
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It was made of mild steel instead of corrosion-resistant copper nickel. — Los Angeles Times, "Meet the neglected 43-year-old stepchild of the U.S. military-industrial complex," 2 Aug. 2019 Jindal Steel & Power, the Indian steelmaker controlled by billionaire Savitri Jindal’s family, manufactures sponge iron, mild steel, and cement. — Paul Burkhardt, Bloomberg.com, "Jindal Steel South Africa Units File for Business Protection," 26 June 2018 Its tensile strength is greater than that of mild steel. — The Economist, "Innovative materials from bamboo are helping a new industry to sprout," 20 Jan. 2018 Slender poles of mild steel anchored in rough-hewn blocks of stone reference Norway's modern exports, while the polished discs of copper summon a long history of ore-extraction and copper-smelting. — Georgina Schaeffer, Town & Country, "London Calling," 15 Sep. 2013These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'mild steel.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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