iron
Definitions
- The 57th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
- A group of Ossetians of the northern Caucasus who speak the Iron Ossetian dialect.
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Any of several other tools traditionally made of wrought iron, now usually of steel.
- Shackles
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Shackles. countable, plural-normally, uncountable
- 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.
- A dumb bomb, one without guidance systems.
Conjugation
Browse the table or drill it — all tenses, moods, and persons of iron.
Equivalents
92 more languages
Afrikaansyster
Беларускаяжалеза
বাংলালোহা
བོད་སྐད།ལྕགས
Euskaraburdina
Gàidhligiarann
ગુજરાતીલોખંડ
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻihao
Igboigwe
Қазақ тілітемір
ಕನ್ನಡಕಬ್ಬಿಣ
Кыргызчатемир
LëtzebuergeschEisen
Lingálaebendé
Malagasyvy
Монголтөмөр
मराठीलोखंड
Maltiħadid
မြန်မာသ
ଓଡ଼ିଆଲୁହା
ਪੰਜਾਬੀਲੋਹਾ
Русскийвыгладитьвы́утюжитьгладитьжелезныйжелезожесткийзаковатьзаковыватьнесгибаемыйотгла́дитьотутю́житьпогладитьпокрыватьпокрытьтвёрдыйутю́житьфе́ррум
සිංහලකාලය
Gagana Samoauʻamea
Shqiphekur
Sesothotshepe
Kiswahilichuma
தமிழ்இரும்பு
తెలుగుఇనుము
Тоҷикӣоҳан
ትግርኛሓጺን
Türkmençedemir
Tagalogbakal
Setswanatshipi
ئۇيغۇرچەتۆمۈر
O'zbekchatemir
Wolofwëñ
繁體中文熨
isiZuluinsimbi
Examples
“Today we studied about metals — including iron⟳ — at school.”
“They gather one by one, trickling into the shady courtyard, the familiar hum of Mass. Ave. wafting in from behind brick buildings and iron⟳ gates.”
“Ah, throw⟳ that old iron⟳ over here! We'll pick⟳ it up and go on our way.”
“the stranger there among them had a big iron⟳ on his hip”
“The brassey much resembled the driver, but the iron⟳ opened out quite a new field of practice; […]”
“ironman; a will of iron⟳”
“He appeared easygoing, but inside he was pure iron⟳.”
“He lifts iron⟳ on the weekends.”
“I wanted Beauty, and what Nature had failed to supply⟳, Iron⟳ would.”
“Irons and stony irons can be much larger than stony meteorites and are much more visually striking, but make⟳ up only a few percent of all meteorites.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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