crucible steel

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   steel made by the mixture of molten wrought iron, charcoal, and other substances in a crucible

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Questions about crucible steel

What does crucible steel mean?

crucible steel means "steel made by the mixture of molten wrought iron, charcoal, and other substances in a crucible".

Is crucible steel a common word?

crucible steel is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.