steel wool

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Españolesponja metálica estropajo de acero fregajo de aluminionanas virulana virutilla zacate de alambre

Françaispaille de fer

DeutschStahlwolle

16 more languages

العربيةسِلْك اَلتَّنْظِيف

Bosanskitel

Češtinadrátěnka

Ελληνικάατσαλόμαλλο

Suomiteräsvilla

עבריתצמר פלדה

Hrvatskitel

Íslenskastálull

Italianopaglietta

Kurdîtêl

Македонскичелична волна

Nederlandsstaalwol

Portuguêsbombril esponja de aço lã de açopalha de aço

Српскиtel

Svenskastålull svinto

Türkçetel

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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See also

steel worker steel-ring steel-string guitar steel-toe boot steelback steelband

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