Meaning of Steele | Babel Free
stiːlDefinitions
- An English and Scottish surname originating as an occupation.
- A number of places in the United States:
- A town in St. Clair County, Alabama.
- A township in Conway County, Arkansas.
- An unincorporated community in Washington County, Arkansas.
- A township in Daviess County, Indiana.
- An unincorporated community in Pike County, Kentucky.
- A city in Pemiscot County, Missouri.
- A township in Rowan County, North Carolina.
- A small city, the county seat of Kidder County, North Dakota.
- A suburb of Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Equivalents
Examples
“Adieu! faint-hearted instrument of lust; / That falselie hath betrayde our equale trust⟳. / Hence-forth no more will I implore thine ayde, / Or thee, or man of cowardize upbrayde. / My little dilldo shall suply their kinde: / A knaue, that moues as light⟳ as leaues by winde; / That bendeth not, nor fouldeth anie deale, / But stands as stiff as he were made of steele; / And playes at peacock twixt my leggs right blythe, / And doeth my tickling swage with manie a sighe. / For, by saint Runnion! he'le refresh⟳ me well; / And neuer make⟳ my tender bellie swell.”
“The purest part thereof [of iron⟳ ore] which in Latine is called Nucleus ferri, i. the kernell or heart of the yron (and it is that which we call⟳ steele)”
“Shall yron breake the Northren yron, and the steele?”
“...Like⟳ a man of Steele.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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