structural steel

noun

Any of various grades of steel used for making construction materials to be used in structures (such as buildings, ships, and machinery), including beams, plate, brackets, and sheet metal. Typically any of various low-carbon to mid-carbon, low-alloy steels, which can be mass-produced affordably in hot rolled and cold rolled forms.

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Meanings

nounstructural steel (countable and uncountable, plural structural steels)

plural structural steels

  1. countableuncountableAny of various grades of steel used for making construction materials to be used in structures (such as buildings, ships, and machinery), including beams, plate, brackets, and sheet metal. Typically any of various low-carbon to mid-carbon, low-alloy steels, which can be mass-produced affordably in hot rolled and cold rolled forms.
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