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Type Words
Synonyms smoothing iron
Type of household appliance, home appliance
Has types flatiron, gauffering iron, goffer, goffering iron, travel iron, steam iron, gauffer
Type Words
Synonyms atomic number 26, fe
Type of metal, metallic element
Has types beta iron, structural iron, scrap iron, ingot iron, gamma iron, galvanized iron, alpha iron, cast iron, delta iron, wrought iron, pig iron
Type Words
Synonyms cast-iron


an iron constitution.
Type Words
Synonyms iron out, press
Type of press
Has types mangle
Derivation ironing


she stood there ironing.
Type Words
Synonyms branding iron
Type of implement
Type Words
Type of golf-club, golfclub, golf club, club
Has types short iron, driving iron, five iron, long iron, mashie, mashie niblick, midiron, niblick, nine iron, one iron, putter, putting iron, seven iron, two iron, wedge

Examples of iron

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While browning, your rosettes may voluntarily fall off of the iron into the oil.
From the sacbee.com
Fortescue said the tax should be changed to exclude magnetite iron ore projects.
From the bloomberg.com
In April the company agreed to pay $2.5 billion for iron ore deposits in Guinea.
From the businessweek.com
There was no weakening in my iron resolve, despite the romanticism of the scene.
From the online.wsj.com
Prices of everything from iron ore to palm oil to corn reached dizzying heights.
From the time.com
In the meantime, iron ore-rich Rio has been targeted by mega-miner BHP Billiton.
From the time.com
The pair came up behind him, and Erickson hit him repeatedly with the tire iron.
From the stltoday.com
These mineral aerosols may consist of iron oxides, carbonates, quartz and clays.
From the sciencedaily.com
It would be a brave man with a cast-iron stomach who took them up on that offer.
From the dailymail.co.uk
More examples
  • 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
  • Cast-iron: extremely robust; "an iron constitution"
  • Press and smooth with a heated iron; "press your shirts"; "she stood there ironing"
  • 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
  • Iron (or) is a chemical element with the symbol Fe (ferrum) and atomic number 26. It is a metal in the first transition series. Like other Group 8 elements, it exists in a wide range of oxidation states. ...
  • An iron is a small appliance used in ironing to remove wrinkles from fabric. Ironing works by loosening the ties between the long chains of molecules that exist in polymer fiber materials. ...
  • The Iron are a subgroup of the Ossetians. They speak Iron dialect, one of the two main dialects of the Ossetic language. The vast majority of Irons are Eastern Orthodox.