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1. A vessel (usually a pot or vat) used for steeping

1. Having a sharp inclination
   "the steep attic stairs"; "steep cliffs"
    
2. Greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation
   - exorbitant, extortionate, outrageous, unconscionable, usurious, exhorbitant
    
3. Of a slope; set at a high angle
   "note the steep incline"; "a steep roof sheds snow"

Derived forms: steepers

See also: abrupt, bluff, bold, heavy, high, immoderate, perpendicular, precipitous, sharp, sheer, steep, steepish, steeply, steepness, steep-sided, vertical

Type of: vessel

Antonym: gradual

Encyclopedia: Steep