steel wool

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English - Turkish
çelik tel yumağı
çelik yün
çelik yünü
çelik talaşı
çelikpamuğu
English - English
Fine strips of steel, usually formed into pads and used as an abrasive
Steel wool is a mass of fine steel threads twisted together into a small ball and used for cleaning hard surfaces or removing paint. Fine fibers of steel matted or woven together to form an abrasive for cleaning, smoothing, or polishing. a rough material made of fine steel threads, that is used to make surfaces smooth, remove paint etc wire wool
item made of fibrous coils used for cleaning pots
a mass of woven steel fibers used as an abrasive
Attributive form of steel wool

steel-wool abrasiveness.

steel-wool pad
abrader consisting of a pad of steel wool used for polishing or smoothing
steel wool

    Turkish pronunciation

    stil wûl

    Pronunciation

    /ˈstēl ˈwo͝ol/ /ˈstiːl ˈwʊl/

    Etymology

    [ 'stE(&)l ] (noun.) before 12th century. Middle English stele, from Old English style, stEle; akin to Old High German stahal steel and perhaps to Sanskrit stakati he resists.
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