"Damascus steel" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Damascus steels [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} Damascus steel (countable and uncountable, plural Damascus steels)
  1. A kind of steel used in swordmaking from about 300 BC to 1700 AD, characterized by distinctive patterns of banding and mottling reminiscent of flowing water. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (ancient kind of steel used in sword making): فِرِنْد (firind) [masculine] (Arabic), damaskiteräs (Finnish), acier damasquiné (French), Damaszener Stahl [masculine] (German), damaszkuszi acél (Hungarian), acciaio di Damasco (Italian), پرند (parand) (Persian), stal damasceńska [feminine] (Polish), aço damasquino [masculine] (Portuguese), була́т (bulát) [masculine] (Russian), дама́ск (damásk) [masculine] (Russian), харалу́г (xaralúg) [masculine] (Russian), dàmast [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), acero de Damasco (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-Damascus_steel-en-noun-wAvw3wyh Disambiguation of 'ancient kind of steel used in sword making': 81 19
  2. A modern composite steel made of distinctive portionings of different steels in patterns, resembling that of ancient Damascus steel Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Alloys Synonyms: Damask steel Related terms: kuft
    Sense id: en-Damascus_steel-en-noun-7WkDM3xZ Disambiguation of Alloys: 19 81 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 22 78 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 25 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (modern steel): damascus steel
Disambiguation of 'modern steel': 45 55

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