"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), oțel de Damasc [neuter] (Romanian), 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 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 43 42 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 23 34 43 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 42 36 Disambiguation of 'ancient kind of steel used in sword making': 67 17 16
  2. A modern composite steel made of distinctive portionings of different steels in patterns, resembling that of ancient Damascus steel Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: Damask steel Related terms: kuft
    Sense id: en-Damascus_steel-en-noun-7WkDM3xZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 43 42 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 23 34 43 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 42 36
  3. Any pattern-welded steel Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Alloys
    Sense id: en-Damascus_steel-en-noun-Bv~ZyhPH Disambiguation of Alloys: 25 29 46 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 43 42 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 23 34 43 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 42 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 32 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 20 24 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 22 27 50 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 22 28 50 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 22 27 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 24 28 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 22 26 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 23 27 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 22 29 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 25 27 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 22 27 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 22 26 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 23 27 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 24 25 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (modern steel): damascus steel
Disambiguation of 'modern steel': 27 33 40

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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