burner vs steel

burner

noun
  • A gun. 

  • A pyrotechnic tear gas canister. 

  • An elaborate piece of graffiti. 

  • Someone or something which burns. 

  • A device that allows data or music to be stored on a CDR or CD-ROM. 

  • A device that burns fuel; e.g. a diesel engine; a hot-air balloon's propulsion system. 

  • A device that generates localized heat for experiments; a Bunsen burner. 

  • A device for burning refuse; an incinerator. 

  • An app that creates temporary phone numbers for a user. 

  • An element on a kitchen stove that generates localized heat for cooking. 

steel

noun
  • Projectiles. 

  • Extreme hardness or resilience. 

  • Varieties of this metal. 

  • The gray hue of this metal; steel-gray, or steel blue. 

  • A honing steel, a tool used to sharpen or hone metal blades. 

  • An artificial metal produced from iron, harder and more elastic than elemental iron; used figuratively as a symbol of hardness. 

  • Armor. 

  • An engraving plate 

  • Pieces used to strengthen, support, or expand an item of clothing. 

  • A type of slide used while playing the steel guitar. 

  • Bladed or pointed weapons, as swords, javelins, daggers. 

  • A fringe of beads or decoration of this metal. 

  • A sewing needle; a knitting needle; a sharp metal stylus. 

  • A piece used for striking sparks from flint. 

  • A flat iron. 

verb
  • To cause to resemble steel in appearance. 

  • To steelify; to turn iron into steel. 

  • To edge, cover, or point with steel. 

  • To sharpen with a honing steel. 

  • To harden or strengthen; to nerve or make obdurate; to fortify against. 

  • To press with a flat iron. 

  • To electroplate an item, particularly an engraving plate, with a layer of iron. 

adj
  • Made of steel. 

  • Similar to steel in color, strength, or the like; steely. 

  • Of or belonging to the manufacture or trade in steel. 

  • Engraved on steel. 

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