Meaning of cast iron | Babel Free
Definitions
A hard and brittle, but strong, alloy of iron, carbon, and silicon, formed by casting in a mould.
countable, uncountable
Equivalents
Čeština
litina
Français
fonte
Bahasa Indonesia
besi tuang
日本語
鋳鉄
한국어
주철
Nederlands
gietijzer
Português
ferro fundido
Svenska
gjutjärn
Tiếng Việt
gang
Examples
“Cast iron is popular for cookware where an even heating temperature is important.”
“The history of cast iron in railway bridges is much more grimly chequered. Brunel's misgivings were proved prudent, tragically, in the 1879 failure of Thomas Bouch's Tay bridge (once a monument to cast iron, now a memorial to many lives lost).”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.