OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 9507

stainless steel

Meanings (ES + gloss)
acero inoxidable • de acero inoxidable
Any of a class of steels that resist corrosion; they are all alloys of iron, chromium, and carbon, and most also contain certain other elements as well (such as molybdenum, nickel, cobalt, or others).
Equally I can stand in a station like Lucerne in Switzerland, and watch with ill-concealed admiration the majestic entry of one of the latest Gotthard "Ae 6/6" electrics, packing 6…
Near-synonym: CRES (broadly synonymous)
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