Meaning of pig iron | Babel Free
Definitions
A type of crude, brittle iron shaped like a block, unsuitable for working but suitable for casting, commonly used as an industrial raw material.
Equivalents
Bosanski
guša
Deutsch
Roheisen
Ελληνικά
αργός σίδηρος
Esperanto
krudfero
Suomi
takkirauta
Français
fonte brute
हिन्दी
कच्चा लोहा
Hrvatski
guša
Italiano
ghisa grezza
Polski
surówka
Русский
переде́льный чугу́н
Српски
guša
Svenska
tackjärn
Examples
“We spent a lot of time up on the staging of the great furnaces, trying to pick up the tricks of the trade from the taciturn furnacemen who sat around placidly smoking, or chewing twist, and occasionally throwing in more pig iron to the molten white-hot metal.”
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.
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