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steelmaker

steelmaker noun: a person who works with steel.

Noun

steelmaker (plural steelmakers)

  1. A person who works with steel.
  2. A company that produces steel.
    • The steelmakers also entered into a national security agreement with the US government, the statement said. […] But US Steel has declined sharply since its heyday. It is no longer even the largest US steelmaker, with only 14,000 US employees — 11,000 of whom are USW members.2025 June 13, Luciana Lopez and Chris Isidore, “US Steel and Nippon Steel say Trump has approved their partnership”, in CNN Business
    • Nippon Steel has finalized its deal to buy 100% of US Steel, the iconic steelmaker that was once the world’s most valuable company and a cornerstone of American industrial might.2025 June 18, Chris Isidore, “US Steel, once America’s biggest company, is now under foreign ownership”, in CNN Business

Forms of steelmaker

pluralsteelmakers
alternative formsteel-maker

Origin of steelmaker

From steel + maker.

Questions about steelmaker

What does steelmaker mean?
Steelmaker means a person who works with steel.
What part of speech is steelmaker?
Steelmaker is a noun.
What is the plural of steelmaker?
The plural of steelmaker is steelmakers.

Words near steelmaker in the dictionary

  1. steeling
  2. steeling up
  3. steelings
  4. steelless
  5. steellike
  6. steelmaker
  7. steelmakers
  8. steelmaking
  9. steelman
  10. steelmanned
  11. steelmanning

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