irons

Meanings

Noun

• metal shackles; for hands or legs
• 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
• plural of iron
• Shackles.
• A lack of forward motion.
• The stirrups.

Verb

• press and smooth with a heated iron
• third-person singular simple present indicative of iron

Synonyms

atomic number 26, branding iron, chains, Fe, iron, iron out, press, smoothing iron