Bessemer

Common synonyms include: bessemerian, bessemerized, converter method, family name, industrial process, last name.

/ˈbɛsəmə/ name, noun

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Definitions

Noun

1
Ellipsis of Bessemer steel. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable
"On the other hand, a steel manufacturer who does not make Bessemer is said to have "boasted" — that was the word used — that he had bought steel for $50 per ton and sold it for $250."

Proper Noun

1
A surname, notably that of Henry Bessemer.
2
A community in Hastings County, Ontario, Canada.
3
A place in the United States:; A city in Jefferson County, Alabama.
4
A place in the United States:; A former city in Pueblo County, Colorado, now part of the city of Pueblo.
5
A place in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Gogebic County, Michigan.

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6
A place in the United States:; A township in Gogebic County, Michigan.
7
A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Athens County, Ohio.
8
A place in the United States:; A borough in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania.
9
A place in the United States:; A populated place in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.

"To turn pig iron into steel, the Englishman Bessemer invented a furnace like the one that can still be seen today in Gävle, Sweden."