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iron

/ iron /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
home appliance consisting of a flat metal base that is heated and used to smooth cloth
Type of:
home appliance household appliance
Kinds of:
flatiron goffer gauffer steam iron travel iron
Derived:
iron out
noun Sense 2
a golf club that has a relatively narrow metal head
Type of:
golf club golf-club club
Kinds of:
driving iron one iron long iron mashie five iron
noun Sense 3
implement used to brand live stock
Type of:
implement
noun Sense 4
metal shackles; for hands or legs
Type of:
shackle bond hamper
noun Sense 5
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
Type of:
metallic element metal
Kinds of:
alpha iron beta iron gamma iron delta iron ingot iron
Has parts:
steel iron ore
verb Sense 6
press and smooth with a heated iron
"press your shirts"
Type of:
press
Kinds of:
mangle
Derived:
smoothing iron ironing
Entails:
heat heat up
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
adjective satellite Sense 7
extremely robust
"an iron constitution"
Similar:
robust
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
7
Total Synonyms
1
Total Relationships
36
Times Searched
25
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Related Words

home appliance household appliance flatiron goffer gauffer steam iron travel iron golf club golf-club club driving iron one iron