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steel wool

a tangled or woven mass of fine steel fibres, used for cleaning or polishing
Collins Discovery Encyclopedia, 1st edition © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

Steel wool

A mass of fine steel threads matted together and used principally for polishing and cleaning surfaces of wood or metal.
Illustrated Dictionary of Architecture Copyright © 2012, 2002, 1998 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved

steel wool

[′stēl ′wu̇l]
(metallurgy)
Fine steel threads matted into a mass.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

steel wool

A matted mass of long, fine, steel fibers; esp. used for cleaning and polishing surfaces.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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