Usually means: Abrasive bundle of fine steel fibers.
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  1. steel wool: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. steel wool: Merriam-Webster
  3. steel wool: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. steel wool: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. steel wool: Collins English Dictionary
  6. steel wool: Vocabulary.com
  7. steel wool: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. steel-wool, steel wool: Wiktionary
  9. steel wool: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. steel wool: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. steel wool: Dictionary.com
  12. Steel wool: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. steel wool: Rhymezone
  14. steel wool: FreeDictionary.org
  15. steel wool: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. steel wool: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
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Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. steel wool: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. steel wool: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See steel_wools as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (steel wool)

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

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