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steel wools

steel wools is the plural of steel wool.

Meaning of steel wool

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.

Questions about steel wools

What is steel wools the plural of?
Steel wools is the plural of steel wool.

Words near steel wools in the dictionary

  1. steel wheel
  2. steel wheels
  3. steel wine
  4. steel wines
  5. steel wool
  6. steel wools
  7. steel worker
  8. steel workers
  9. steel-blue
  10. steel-cut
  11. steel-maker

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