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CASE-HARDENED STEEL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does case-hardened steel mean?
• CASE-HARDENED STEEL (noun)
The noun CASE-HARDENED STEEL has 1 sense:
1. steel with a surface that is much harder than the interior metal
Familiarity information: CASE-HARDENED STEEL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Steel with a surface that is much harder than the interior metal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("case-hardened steel" is a kind of...):
steel (an alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon; widely used in construction; mechanical properties can be varied over a wide range)
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