flat-rolled
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of flat-rolled
First recorded in 1930–35
Example Sentences
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"Try to build a car all with steel, flat-rolled steel produced in flat-rolled mini-mills. It doesn't work," Goncalves said on Cliffs' latest quarterly earnings call.
From Reuters • Sep. 5, 2023
The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2020 and will make Cleveland-Cliffs the largest producer of flat-rolled steel and iron ore pellet in North America, the company said.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 28, 2020
Steel account for 40% of U.S. production capacity of flat-rolled steel, which has a range of uses including in automotive and construction sector.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 2, 2018
The flat-rolled aluminum sheets are used in items such as gutters, street signs and electrical boxes.
From Washington Post • Nov. 28, 2017
The bay beneath them was like a huge silver shield, flat-rolled and glittering, inlaid with master cunning between wooded hills that swept away into mysterious distances, there to rise skyward in an ever-changing, ever-charming confusion.
From The Silver Horde by Beach, Rex Ellingwood
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