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Meaning of steel wool | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Bosanski tel
Čeština drátěnka
Deutsch Stahlwolle
Ελληνικά ατσαλόμαλλο
Suomi teräsvilla
Français paille de fer
עברית צמר פלדה
Hrvatski tel
Íslenska stálull
Italiano paglietta
Kurdî têl
Македонски челична волна
Nederlands staalwol
Српски tel
Svenska stålull svinto
Türkçe tel

Examples

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

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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