structural steel

noun

: rolled steel in structural shapes

: steel suitable for structural shapes

Examples of structural steel in a Sentence

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The project required 8,000 tons of structural steel for the trusses. —

Michael Wells, Kansas City Star, 18 June 2024 Bell mentioned mills in New Jersey and Virginia that use EAFs to make the kind of structural steel needed for a bridge. —

Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 2 Apr. 2024 The set is held up by 260 tons of structural steel and backed inside with 4,400 square feet of catwalks. —

Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2024 Bedrock announced last week that the final structural steel beam had been put in place on the Hudson’s tower, which is expected to have 1.5 million square feet of retail, office, dining, hospitality and residential space. —

Tom Krisher, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for structural steel

Word History

First Known Use

1884, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of structural steel was in 1884

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“Structural steel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/structural%20steel. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.

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