鋼こう片へん

noun

steel billet; bloom; slab

Technical term in steelmaking for semi-finished products: a billet (smaller cross-section), bloom (larger, often square), or slab (flat, rectangular).

• 製せい鉄てつ所じょでは、鋼こう片へんを圧あつ延えんして鋼こう板はんや棒ぼう鋼こうを作つくる。

  At the steel mill, steel billets/blooms/slabs are rolled into plates and bars.