Iron

Word IRON
Character 4
Hyphenation i ron
Pronunciations /ˈaɪən/

Definitions and meanings of "Iron"

What do we mean by iron?

A silvery-white, lustrous, malleable, ductile, magnetic or magnetizable, metallic element occurring abundantly in combined forms, notably in hematite, limonite, magnetite, and taconite, and used alloyed in a wide range of important structural materials. Atomic number 26; atomic weight 55.845; melting point 1,538°C; boiling point 2,861°C; specific gravity 7.874 (at 20°C); valence 2, 3, 4, 6. cross-reference: Periodic Table. noun

An implement made of iron alloy or similar metal, especially a bar heated for use in branding, curling hair, or cauterizing. noun

Great hardness or strength; firmness. noun

Any of a series of golf clubs having a bladelike metal head and numbered from one to nine in order of increasing loft. noun

A metal appliance with a handle and a weighted flat bottom, used when heated to press wrinkles from fabric. noun

A harpoon. noun

Fetters; shackles. noun

A tonic, pill, or other medication containing iron and taken as a dietary supplement. noun

Made of or containing iron. adjective

Strong, healthy, and capable of great endurance. adjective

Inflexible; unyielding. adjective

Holding tightly; very firm. adjective

To press and smooth with a heated iron. intransitive verb

To remove (creases) by pressing. intransitive verb

To put into irons; fetter. intransitive verb

To fit or clad with iron. intransitive verb

To iron clothes. intransitive verb

To settle through discussion or compromise; work out. phrasal verb

(in irons) Lying head to the wind and unable to turn either way. idiom

A common, inexpensive metal, silvery grey when untarnished, that rusts, is attracted by magnets, and is used in making steel.

A metallic chemical element having atomic number 26 and symbol Fe.

Any material, not a steel, predominantly made of elemental iron.

A tool or appliance made of metal, which is heated and then used to transfer heat to something else; most often a thick piece of metal fitted with a handle and having a flat, roughly triangular bottom, which is heated and used to press wrinkles from clothing, and now usually containing an electrical heating apparatus.

(usually plural, irons) Shackles.

A firearm, either a long gun or a handgun.

A dark shade of the colour/color silver.

(shortened from iron hoof, rhyming with poof; countable) A male homosexual.

A golf club used for middle-distance shots.

Used as a symbol of great strength or toughness, or to signify a very strong or tough material.

Weight used as resistance for the purpose of strength training.

A safety curtain in a theatre.

Dumb bombs, those without guidance systems.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Iron

The word "iron" in example sentences

With the rise of knowledge of scientific chemistry, it was quickly found that the essential difference between iron and steel was that the latter was _iron plus carbon_. ❋ Unknown (1916)

The iron keeps all that it gets; we, and other animals, part with it again; but the metal absolutely keeps what it has once received of this aerial gift; and the ochreous dust which we so much despise is, in fact, just so much nobler than pure iron, in so far as it is _iron and the air. ❋ John Ruskin (1859)

Then I asked him if any piece of iron would attract, after it was rubbed upon the magnet; and he said that _iron_ would not, but that any piece of _steel_ would. ❋ Jacob Abbott (1841)

The crystals which we obtained from the combination of iron and sulphuric acid were therefore _sulphat of iron_? ❋ Unknown (1813)

This place is also noted for making what is absurdly called _copperas_, which is the chrystalized salt of iron, or what is called in the new chemical nomenclature _sulphate of iron_; or in common parlance, _green vitriol_; which is manufactured, and found native in our own country, in immeasurable quantity. ❋ Benjamin Waterhouse (1800)

(i.e. iron) _shirts of mail_, 334. græg-mæl, adj., _having a gray color_, here = _iron_: nom.sg. sweord ❋ Robert Sharp (1879)

(i.e. iron) _shirts of mail_, 334. grǣg-mǣl, adj., _having a gray color_, here = _iron_: nom.sg. sweord ❋ Robert Sharp (1879)

My choice of shootin iron is - A Savage 24 in .22 over .410. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The first recorded use of the term iron curtain was derived from the safety curtain used in theatres and first applied to the border of communist Russia as "an impenetrable barrier" in 1920 by Ethel Snowden, in her book Through Bolshevik Russia ❋ Unknown (2007)

Van de Venter said the term iron age defined groups of people who used iron implements for agricultural purposes and these groups of people only started moving into southern Africa about 2000 years ago. ❋ Unknown (2001)

Apparently dirt is quite high in iron, which is why Oliver was eating it by the bowlful last summer … turned out he was iron deficient and had to go on a supplement for a while. ❋ Unknown (2008)

After going through this ceremony, he dined with his friend Davison at Lincoln's Inn. As soon as he entered the chambers, he threw off what he called his iron-bound coat; and, putting himself at ease in a dressing gown, passed the remainder of the day in talking over all that had befallen them since they parted on the shore of the River St. Lawrence. ❋ Southey, Robert, 1774-1843 (1993)

Harry Prentiss, who is learning how to be a corporation lawyer and has specialized on contracts, spent a whole week making it what he called iron-clad. ❋ Lloyd Osbourne (1907)

He directed us to what he called the iron bank road, which he said would bring us to a place called Padauka. ❋ Unknown (1861)

Davison at Lincoln's Inn. As soon as he entered the chambers, he threw off what he called his iron-bound coat; and, putting himself at ease in a dressing gown, passed the remainder of the day in talking over all that had befallen them since they parted on the shore of the River St. Lawrence. ❋ Robert Southey (1808)

Modestly, he did not claim credit for the phrase: “Some have used the term iron triangle to describe what I’m talking about.” ❋ William Safire (2004)

I don’t think the term iron includes steel in modern usage so “corrugated iron” is probably an historical hang over. ❋ Unknown (2007)

In the rye fields and the potato patches they toiled side by side, and in the last nights of summer -- the three August nights which they call iron nights, because of the frosts which sometimes come and blight all the wheat crop -- they watched and waited, hoping for the good luck which did not always come to them; for the soil is a hard one to cultivate, and many are the trials which farmers have to meet in that bleak land. ❋ Various (N/A)

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