steel wool

See also: steelwool and steel-wool

English

Alternative forms

• steel-wool
• steelwool

Noun

steel wool (countable and uncountable, plural steel wools)

1. Fine strips or threads of steel, usually formed into pads or balls and used as an abrasive.

   Don't use the steel wool on this pan; you'll strip off the Teflon coating.

Synonyms

• wire wool

Translations

fine threads of steel

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鋼絲絨／钢丝绒 (gāngsīróng), 钢丝绒 (gāngsīróng), 鋼絲球／钢丝球 (gāngsīqiú), 钢丝球 (gāngsīqiú) (shaped as a ball)

• Czech: drátěnka f
• Danish: ståluld (da) c
• Finnish: teräsvilla (fi)
• French: paille de fer (fr) f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Stahlwolle f
• Icelandic: stálull f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: paglietta (it) f
• Macedonian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: stålull m or f

  Nynorsk: stålull f

• Portuguese: palha de aço f, esponja de aço f, lã de aço f, bombril (pt) m
• Romanian: burete de sârmă m
• Spanish: estropajo de acero m
• Swedish: stålull c
• Tamil: please add this translation if you can