mild steel
low-carbon steel, containing no more than 0.25 percent carbon.
Origin of mild steel
1- Also called soft steel.
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How to use mild steel in a sentence
The use of wrought iron and later of mild steel has made the construction of such bridges very convenient and economical.
The cross girders, stringers and wind-bracing are wrought iron, the rest of mild steel.
In metal bridges wrought iron has been replaced by mild steel—a stronger, tougher and better material.
The condensers were pear shaped in section, and built of mild steel plates.
Loss of the Steamship 'Titanic' | British Governmentmild steel is a good test, and a light gray iron is admirable for practice lessons.
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British Dictionary definitions for mild steel
any of a class of strong tough steels that contain a low quantity of carbon (0.1–0.25 per cent)
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