Iron

['aɪən] or ['aɪɚn]

Definition

(noun.) home appliance consisting of a flat metal base that is heated and used to smooth cloth.

(noun.) a golf club that has a relatively narrow metal head.

(noun.) implement used to brand live stock.

(noun.) 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.

(verb.) press and smooth with a heated iron; 'press your shirts'; 'she stood there ironing'.

Edited by Josie--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) The most common and most useful metallic element, being of almost universal occurrence, usually in the form of an oxide (as hematite, magnetite, etc.), or a hydrous oxide (as limonite, turgite, etc.). It is reduced on an enormous scale in three principal forms; viz., cast iron, steel, and wrought iron. Iron usually appears dark brown, from oxidation or impurity, but when pure, or on a fresh surface, is a gray or white metal. It is easily oxidized (rusted) by moisture, and is attacked by many corrosive agents. Symbol Fe (Latin Ferrum). Atomic weight 55.9. Specific gravity, pure iron, 7.86; cast iron, 7.1. In magnetic properties, it is superior to all other substances.

(n.) An instrument or utensil made of iron; -- chiefly in composition; as, a flatiron, a smoothing iron, etc.

(n.) Fetters; chains; handcuffs; manacles.

(n.) Strength; power; firmness; inflexibility; as, to rule with a rod of iron.

(n.) Of, or made of iron; consisting of iron; as, an iron bar, dust.

(n.) Resembling iron in color; as, iron blackness.

(n.) Like iron in hardness, strength, impenetrability, power of endurance, insensibility, etc.;

(n.) Rude; hard; harsh; severe.

(n.) Firm; robust; enduring; as, an iron constitution.

(n.) Inflexible; unrelenting; as, an iron will.

(n.) Not to be broken; holding or binding fast; tenacious.

(v. t.) To smooth with an instrument of iron; especially, to smooth, as cloth, with a heated flatiron; -- sometimes used with out.

(v. t.) To shackle with irons; to fetter or handcuff.

(v. t.) To furnish or arm with iron; as, to iron a wagon.

Checked by Hugo

Definition

n. the most common and useful of the metals: an instrument or utensil made of iron as a hand-harpoon &c.: a golf-club with an iron head more set back than the cleek: strength: (pl.) fetters: chains.—adj. formed of iron: resembling iron: rude: stern: fast-binding: not to be broken: robust: dull of understanding.—v.t. to smooth with a smoothing-iron: to arm with iron: to fetter.—adjs. I′ron-bound bound with iron: rugged as a coast; I′ron-cased; I′ronclad clad in iron: covered or protected with iron.—n. a vessel defended by iron plates.—ns. I′ron-clay a yellowish clay containing a large quantity of iron ore; I′roner one who irons; I′ron-flint ferruginous quartz; I′ron-found′er one who founds or makes castings in iron; I′ron-found′ry a place where iron is founded or cast.—adj. I′ron-gray of a gray colour like that of iron freshly cut or broken.—n. this colour.—adjs. I′ron-hand′ed having hands hard as iron; I′ron-heart′ed having a heart hard as iron: cruel.—ns. I′ron-heat′er the piece of metal heated in the fire for a laundress's box-iron; I′roning the act of smoothing with hot irons; I′roning-board a smooth board covered with cloth on which clothes are laid for ironing; I′roning-machine′ a machine for hotpressing cloth hats &c.; I′ron-liq′uor iron acetate a dyers' mordant; I′ronmaster a master or proprietor of ironworks; I′ronmonger a dealer in articles made of iron; I′ronmongery a general name for articles made of iron: hardware; I′ron-mould the spot left on wet cloth after touching rusty iron; I′ron-sand sand containing particles of iron ore: steel filings used in fireworks.—adj. I′ron-sick (naut.) having the iron bolts and spikes much corroded.—n. I′ronside a man of iron resolution: (pl.) a name given to Cromwell's irresistible horse.—adj. I′ron-sid′ed having a side of or as hard as iron: rough: hardy.—ns. I′ronsmith a worker in iron; I′ron-stone a term usually applied to any ore yielding iron; I′ronware wares or goods of iron.—adj. I′ron-wit′ted (Shak.) unfeeling insensible.—n. I′ronwood applied to the timber of various trees on account of their hardness.—adj. I′ron-word′ed (Tenn.) in words as strong as iron.—n. I′ronwork the parts of a building &c. made of iron: anything of iron: a furnace where iron is smelted or a foundry &c. where it is made into heavy work.—adj. I′rony made consisting or partaking of iron: like iron: hard.—ns. Cast′-ī′ron a compound of iron and carbon obtained directly from iron ore by smelting; Ital′ian-ī′ron an instrument for fluting linen or lace.—Iron age an arch鎜logical term indicating the condition as to civilisation and culture of a people using iron as the material for their cutting tools and weapons: a period of cruel tyranny; Iron bark tree a name given in Australia to certain species of Eucalyptus (q.v.); Iron crown the ancient crown of Lombardy so named from a thin band of iron said to be made from one of the nails of the Cross; Iron entered into his soul the bitterest pang of grief has touched his heart.—Bessemer iron pig-iron suitable for making Bessemer steel.—Have too many irons in the fire to be trying to do too many things at once; In irons having fetters on; Rule with a rod of iron to rule with stern severity.

Editor: Patrick