This one confuses me, because I thought steel was iron from which most of the carbon has been removed.

ter'eS

From: Steven Boozer <sboozer@uchicago.edu>
To: "tlhingan-hol@kli.org" <tlhingan-hol@kli.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2017 8:43 AM
Subject: Re: [tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: ghav 'uSqan

> Klingon Word of the Day for Saturday, April 22, 2017
>
> Klingon word: ghav 'uSqan
> Part of speech: noun
> Definition: steel
> Source: qepHom 2016

lit. "carbon iron"

ghav carbon (n) (qepHom 2015)
'uSqan iron (element) (n) (qepHom 2015)

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