Meanings
nounhoning steel (countable and uncountable, plural honing steels)
plural honing steels
- countableuncountableA rod of steel, ceramic or diamond-coated steel used to restore keenness to dulled blade edges.
Synonyms: sharpening steel, whet steel, sharpening stick, sharpening rod, butcher's steel, chef's steel
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA rod of steel, ceramic or diamond-coated steel used to restore keenness to dulled blade edges.
Similar
sharpening steelwhet steelsharpening sticksharpening rodbutcher's steelchef's steel
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian точило
- точило (točilo)kitchen utensil
German Wetzstahl, Abziehstahl
- Wetzstahlkitchen utensil
- Abziehstahlkitchen utensil
- Wetzstabkitchen utensil
Italian acciaino
- acciainokitchen utensil
Portuguese chaira
- chairakitchen utensil
Spanish chaira, chagra
- chairakitchen utensil
- chagrakitchen utensil
- afilónkitchen utensil
- eslabónkitchen utensil
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APA
honing steel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/honing%20steel
MLA
“honing steel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/honing%20steel. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “honing steel,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/honing%20steel.
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