quenched steel

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   steel that has been hardened by immersing it in water or oil to cool it

   Broadersteel

   Narroweroil-hardened steel

Questions about quenched steel

What does quenched steel mean?

quenched steel means "steel that has been hardened by immersing it in water or oil to cool it".

Is quenched steel a common word?

quenched 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.