iron

Meanings

Plural: irons

Noun

• a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood
• a golf club that has a relatively narrow metal head
• implement used to brand live stock
• home appliance consisting of a flat metal base that is heated and used to smooth cloth
• A common, inexpensive metal, silvery grey when untarnished, that rusts, is attracted by magnets, and is used in making steel: a 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.
• Any of several other tools traditionally made of wrought iron, now usually of steel.
• Shackles.
• A firearm, either a long gun or a handgun.
• A dark shade of the color silver.
• 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 meteorite consisting primarily of metallic iron (mixed with a small amount of nickel), as opposed to one composed mainly of stony material.
• A safety curtain in a theatre.
• Dumb bombs, those without guidance systems.

Verb

• press and smooth with a heated iron
  • "she stood there ironing"
• To pass an iron over (clothing or some other item made of cloth) in order to remove creases.
• To engage in such pressing of clothing.
• To shackle with irons; to fetter or handcuff.
• To furnish, clad, or arm with iron.

Adjective Satellite

• extremely robust
  • "an iron constitution"

Adj

• Made of the metal iron.
• Strong (as of will), inflexible.

Synonyms

adamant, adamantine, atomic number 26, branding iron, brassbound, cast-iron, clothes iron, Fe, ferrum, flatiron, iron out, poof, press, queer, shooting iron, smoothing iron

Related Words

andiron, cementite, colcothar, ferrate, ferratin, ferredoxin, ferretto, ferric, ferrimagnetism, ferrite, ferritin, ferronerie, ferronière, ferronnerie, ferronnière, ferrous, Flores martis, gridiron, haem, haematite, haemochromatosis, hematite, heme, hemochromatosis, magnetite, molysite, nife, Prussian blue, rust, steel, synthetic maghemite, wustite, wüstite

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