Irons

Word IRONS
Character 5
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Definitions and meanings of "Irons"

What do we mean by irons?

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.

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The word "irons" in example sentences

The term irons comes from the great days of sail, when a battleship stuck in irons could not maneuver away from its foe and therefore was unable to escape attack. ❋ Gary Jobson (1998)

But when he attempted the passage, he was caught by a light gale and driven back to Santa Anna, where the trader clapped him in irons and held him against the return of the schooner from Santa Cruz. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The writers of your constitution would have slapped someone in irons in the town square over some comments now labelled freedom of speech. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"I'll put the cook in irons," sputtered Harriwell. ❋ Unknown (2010)

And now that we had Wolf Larsen in irons, how little did we need it! ❋ Unknown (2010)

He saw the boat boys knocked about, and one of them put in irons for three days with nothing to eat for the crime of breaking a rowlock while pulling. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Larry could stand no more than an hour in irons, at which time his stupid brutishness overcame any fear he might have possessed, because he bellowed out to the poop to come down and loose him for a fair fight. ❋ Unknown (2010)

| Reply cant wait, love me some westerns. plus jeremy irons is in it! omgwtfmegaton! ❋ Unknown (2008)

If the former, lets hope someone has the courage to emulate the Coastguards and clap Emperor José's Viceroy in irons the moment he aor she arrives. ❋ Unknown (2007)

And while you're at it you can clap wine writers in irons for the same crimes against humanity. ❋ Frank Wilson (2006)

“Land them at the port:” so he landed the merchants in irons and Ala al-Din among the rest; and the King and the Kaptan mounted and made the captives walk before them till they reached the audience-chamber, when the Franks seated themselves and caused the prisoners to pass in parade order, one by one before the King who said to the first, “O Moslem, whence comest thou?” ❋ Unknown (2006)

So Ajib bade lay his brother Gharib in irons and chain him up in his own tent and set a thousand stout warriors to guard him. ❋ Unknown (2006)

So they took him and bore him to the bridewell, where they laid him in irons and left him seated in solitude, unremembered by any. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The same probably goes for a $25,000 set of gold-inlaid couture irons from the Japanese club maker Honma. ❋ Unknown (2007)

"The person who's driving the ball the best and really controlling their irons is obviously the person who's going to win, because it's just playing extremely difficult." ❋ Unknown (2001)

Severe punishment included being locked in irons to a bed or kneeling down and keeping your thighs straight with hands up over the head. ❋ Unknown (1968)

Versace was kept in irons, flat on his back and frequently gagged in a dark and hot bamboo isolation cage that was 6 feet long, 2 feet wide and 3 feet high. ❋ Unknown (1963)

Rowe provides another description of the torture from being confined in irons that continued the next morning, which is also indicative of that also suffered by CPT Versace: ❋ Unknown (1963)

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