steel-cut

adjective

1

: ground or crushed between rolls fitted with cutting teeth into granules of uniform size and freed of powder and chaff

steel-cut coffee

steel-cut oats

2

: faceted with a steel tool

—used especially of buttons, buckles, and beads having an allover design of facets

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