steel wool

steel wool

See also: steelwool and steel-wool

English

Alternative forms

• steel-wool
• steelwool

Noun

steel wool (countable and uncountable, plural steel wools)

1. Fine strips or threads of steel, usually formed into pads or balls and used as an abrasive.

   Don't use the steel wool on this pan; you'll strip off the Teflon coating.

Synonyms

• wire wool

Translations

fine threads of steel

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: 鋼絲絨, 钢丝绒 (gāngsīróng), 鋼絲球, 钢丝球 (gāngsīqiú) (shaped as a ball) Czech: drátěnka f Danish: ståluld (da) c Finnish: teräsvilla French: paille de fer (fr) f Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: Stahlwolle f Icelandic: stálull f

Italian: paglietta (it) f Macedonian: please add this translation if you can Norwegian: Bokmål: stålull m or f Nynorsk: stålull f Portuguese: palha de aço f, esponja de aço f, lã de aço f, bombril (pt) m Romanian: burete de sârmă m Spanish: estropajo de acero m Swedish: stålull c Tamil: please add this translation if you can