steel town

noun

: a town where steel is made
She came from a steel town in Pennsylvania.

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“Steel town.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/steel%20town. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.

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