Results for iron

Definitions of iron:

part of speech: noun

The most common and useful of the metals: an instrument or utensil made of iron: strength:- pl. fetters: chains.

part of speech: verb

To smooth with a heated instr. made of iron to chain; to fetter.

part of speech: adjective

Pertaining to, resembling, or made of, iron.

part of speech: adjective

Formed of iron: resembling iron: rude: stern: fast- binding: not to be broken: robust: dull of understanding.

part of speech: adjective

Formed of iron; resembling iron in hardness, strength, & c.; harsh; stern; severe; fast- binding; impenetrable; strong; robust, as an iron constitution.

part of speech: noun

A well- known metal, and, economically speaking, the most important; an instr. made of it.

part of speech: verb transitive

To smooth with an iron instrument: to arm with iron: to fetter.

part of speech: verb transitive

To fetter.

part of speech: verb transitive

To smooth with an iron; furnish with iron; chain.

part of speech: noun plural

Chains; fetters; shackles; tools for heating at a fire; the poker, tongs, and shovel for a grate, as fire- irons.

part of speech: noun

A metallic element; the most common and useful of the metals; an instrument made of iron, especially one to smooth clothes by heat; anything especially hard; in golf, a club made of iron.

Usage examples for iron:

• No. But I see that iron is down- since Saturday. "Ovington's Bank", Stanley J. Weyman

• When it comes, our people will the more readily meet it with their gold as with their iron "Harold, Book 10. The Last Of The Saxon Kings", Edward Bulwer-Lytton

• " I should have let the strange beasts of the iron men eat you," he said. "The Flute of the Gods", Marah Ellis Ryan

• Both the boys were pale, but their hands were as steady as iron "On the Pampas", G. A. Henty